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 #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 18, 2005 16:02 pm Idiom: in cold blood |
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Like much of English, there is no explanation other than that 'in cold blood' is an idiom, meaning with premeditation, deliberately.
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:16 pm Idiom: in cold blood |
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Aug 04, 2009 13:53 pm Idiom: in cold blood |
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It is a noun phrase meaning 'spending one's whole life in jail'.
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Aug 04, 2009 15:32 pm Idiom: in cold blood |
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Because the sentense speaks about a murder
And the murder only makes a blood with his slain
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Aug 04, 2009 17:39 pm Idiom: in cold blood |
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| Honey2 wrote: |
Because the sentense speaks about a murder
And the murder only makes a blood with his slain |
I'm not sure what you're trying to say there, but when we refer to someone being cold blooded, as in a 'cold blooded killer', or 'murdered in cold blood', it means, as Mr. Micawber said, with deliberation and calculation.
We use the terms 'hot blooded' to refer to things done on impulse or in passion, without stopping to think, plan, or consider. It's done spur of the moment.
So, in a sense, a cold blooded killing is worse because it's a deliberate, premeditated action, and although the killer has had time to consider his actions, still goes ahead with the idea.
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Aug 04, 2009 19:09 pm Idiom: in cold blood |
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Hi,
My first understanding of 'cold blooded' is 'without feeling or emotion'.
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Aug 04, 2009 19:34 pm Idiom: in cold blood |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi,
My first understanding of 'cold blooded' is 'without feeling or emotion'.
Alan |
yes i mean like this
when the murder kills he has a cold blood without emotions
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