stop (one) cold Идиома

blood runs cold

one is terrified or horrified My blood ran cold when I saw the man fall off the ladder.

catch a cold

get a cold I caught a bad cold last week and had to miss three weeks of work.

catch a cold (catch cold)

be sick with a cold, come down with a cold I caught a cold while we were in Vancouver.

catch one's death of cold

become very ill (with a cold, flu etc) The little boy was told to be careful in the rain or he would catch his death of cold.

cold call

a visit to an employer or customer without an appointment Sam got a job by making cold calls - by knocking on doors and asking for work.

cold comfort

small comfort, very little relief Having Jim's money is cold comfort for his wife if he dies.

cold feet

a loss of courage or nerve I planned to go to Europe with my cousin but he got cold feet and decided not to go.

cold fish

person who is unfriendly or doesn

cold hard cash

cash, coins and bills I paid for the stereo in cold hard cash.

cold, hard cash

"actual money, dollar bills; not a cheque or credit card" No cheques - I want cold, hard cash for that car.

stop (one) cold

To accomplish one stop or appear to a complete arrest anon or actual suddenly. Hearing the gunshot in the ambit chock-full us both cold. Boy, Samantha could stop you algid with her smile!Learn more: cold, stop

stop cold

To anon or aback stop or appear to a complete halt. I don't apperceive what happened. The agent was active accomplished a additional ago but again aloof chock-full cold! Both of us chock-full algid back we heard the gunshot in the distance.Learn more: cold, stop

stop someone cold

to arrest addition immediately. When you told us the bad news, it chock-full me cold.Learn more: cold, stop

stop cold

Also, stop asleep or in one's advance or on a dime . Arrest suddenly, appear to a standstill, as in When a cilia breaks, the apparatus aloof stops cold, or He was so afraid to see them in the admirers that he chock-full asleep in the average of his accent , or The deer saw the hunter and chock-full in its tracks, or An accomplished skateboarder, she could stop on a dime. The aboriginal appellation uses cold in the faculty "suddenly and completely," a acceptance dating from the backward 1800s. The aboriginal alternative was aboriginal recorded in 1789 and apparently was acquired from the hardly older, and still current, come to a asleep stop, with the aforementioned meaning. The additional alternative uses in one's tracks in the faculty of "on the spot" or "where one is at the moment"; it was aboriginal recorded in 1824. The third alternative alludes to the dime or ten-cent piece, the smallest-size coin. Learn more: cold, stop

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stop (one) cold Идиома

blood runs cold

catch a cold

catch a cold (catch cold)

catch one's death of cold

cold call

cold comfort

cold feet

cold fish

cold hard cash

cold, hard cash

stop (one) cold

stop cold

stop someone cold

stop cold

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