in cold blood

English

Etymology

From a specialized meaning of cold, referring to lack of empathy.

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in cold blood

(idiomatic) In a ruthless and unfeeling manner; premeditatedly and deliberately, without provocation.
It was not a suicide! He was murdered in cold blood.

Related terms

cold-blooded

Translations

in a ruthless and unfeeling manner

Asturian: a sangre frío
Catalan: a sang freda
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷血 (zh) (lěngxuè)
Danish: med koldt blod
Dutch: in koelen bloede
Finnish: kylmäverisesti, julmasti (fi)
French: de sang froid (fr)
Galician: a sangue frío (gl)
German: kaltblütig (de)
Greek: εν ψυχρώ (el) (en psychró)

Hungarian: hidegvérrel
Icelandic: með köldu blóði
Italian: a sangue freddo
Japanese: 冷酷に (ja) (れいこくに, reikoku ni)
Luxembourgish: kalbliddeg
Polish: z zimną krwią
Portuguese: a sangue frio
Romanian: cu sânge rece
Russian: хладнокро́вно (ru) (xladnokróvno)
Spanish: a sangre fría
Swedish: kallblodigt, med berått mod

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