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(simile) Very cold (in temperature, emotionally, etc.). / Completely unconscious.

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cold as a mackerel

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cold as a mackerel

Adjective

not-comparable

(simile) Very cold (in temperature, emotionally, etc.). / Completely unconscious.

Japanese Meaning

比喩的に、非常に寒い状態を表現する。物理的な寒さだけでなく、感情的な冷たさなどにも用いられる。 / 完全に意識を失っている状態を指す場合がある。

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Her greeting was cold as a mackerel when he returned home late.

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彼が夜遅く帰宅したとき、彼女の挨拶は氷のように冷たかった。

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(simile) Very cold (in temperature, emotionally, etc.).

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.

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Completely unconscious.

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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