English Dictionary

cold as a mackerel

形容詞

比較不可

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

日本語の意味

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。

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

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。

意味（1）

(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.

意味（2）

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.