cold as a mackerel

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Very cold (in temperature, emotionally, etc.). not-comparable
    — 1920, Fire Service (Official organ of the Fire Marshals’ Association of North America, and Eastern Association of Superintendents of Fire and Police Telegraph), 6 March, 1920, p. 7, “I tell you, Governor, that in those days they weren’t ashamed to have a little good liquor around to warm the insides of a man weary and as cold as a mackerel from an all night job.”
  2. Completely unconscious. not-comparable
    — She had just slid forward in a pile in front of the chair, on top of her nice hat. She was as cold as a mackerel.
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