cold blood
Noun
Meaning
cold blood (uncountable)
(obsolete outside the phrase in cold blood) A state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Examples
Evolution was Vladimir Ilich Lenin's problem. Lenin lead the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and took over Russia. He killed the Zar and his family in cold blood. There would not be communism in Russia today if had not been for Charles Darwin's book on evolution.
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
Boldness in battle is nothing out of the way... but to face down fear in cold blood is rare in any man.
I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward all men. I SHALL DIE INNOCENT, AND IT SHALL YET BE SAID OF ME - HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.
Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
Revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act and deed.