Noun
cold hand (uncountable)
(idiomatic, basketball) Used in reference to a player who fails to make successful shots in a game.
Antonym: hot hand
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart. Jonathan Carroll
Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently. Jacqueline Carey
Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand prepareYour souls for flight, your bodies for the earthPrepare your arms for glorious victoryPrepare your eyes to meet a holy GodPrepare, prepare. William Blake