Idiom: in cold blood

[Guest]

Test No. incompl/inter-18 "Hot and Cold", question 7

The accused was sentenced to life imprisonment after it had been established that he had committed the murder in cold ..........

(a) attack
(b) feeling
(c) blood
(d) passion

Test No. incompl/inter-18 "Hot and Cold", answer 7

The accused was sentenced to life imprisonment after it had been established that he had committed the murder in cold blood.

Correct answer: (c) blood

Your answer was: correct
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why is 'blood' not the others word?
could you explain thanks a lot!
are there some idioms?

[Mister Micawber]

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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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[Goodmahsa]

hi
"life imprisonment " is a noun phrase ?and does it mean living in jail?

[Mister Micawber]

It is a noun phrase meaning 'spending one's whole life in jail'.
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[Honey2]

Because the sentense speaks about a murder
And the murder only makes a blood with his slain
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[Skrej]

[Alan]

Hi,

My first understanding of 'cold blooded' is 'without feeling or emotion'.

Alan
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