But they just don’t show their feelings very easily. This means that a person may be very kind and warm. We could describe these people with the expression cold hands, warm heart. Some people keep their feelings to themselves until they know you better. However, not everyone who doesn’t show their feelings is a cold fish. Cold fish do not offer much of themselves to anyone. They would not be insulted…if they could be insulted.īut calling a person a “cold fish” is an insult.Ī cold fish is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. So, calling a striped bass or rainbow trout a “cold fish” is fine. Let’s go back to fish!Īs we said earlier, most are cold-blooded. Killing for no reason is often called cold-blooded. The person killed someone without any understandable cause - not in self-defense, fear or even anger. And they often do terrible things, on purpose.įor example, the police might look for someone they call a cold-blooded killer. Cold-blooded people are hard to get close to. People who show no emotions or feelings are often described as cold-blooded. There are some people in the world you could call cold-blooded.
Mammals, on the other hand, are warm-blooded - well, for the most part. This means they are unable to control their own body temperature. Reptiles, amphibians and most fish are cold-blooded animals. Other similar adjectives often get a hyphen, like cold-blooded. Pretty little words covered your dark and crooked heart In 2010, the Zac Brown Band released a song with the exact same name. He's a coldhearted snake, look into his eyes, In the 1988 song, Cold Hearted, Paula Abdul sings about the coldhearted man who broke her heart. There are many songs about coldhearted men or coldhearted women who, without feeling, broke the hearts of their lovers. This would be one that shows no love or sympathy. Just as it sounds, a coldhearted person is distant and, well, cold. The most straightforward example is the adjective coldhearted. Perhaps that is why we have so many expressions that combine the word “cold” with body parts. Gen.And now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.Ĭold weather has a great effect on how our minds and our bodies work. These, in their own special way, know that knowledge is never wasted, nor is love." Cast Sometimes it demands risks not only of those who are searching, but of others who love them. "The eternal, never-ceasing search for knowledge often leads to dark and dangerous places. Barton's doctors suspect the astronaut had been genetically affected by his mission, and they then struggle to treat and cure him before his mutations completely take over. Only after his nightmares become more vivid does he recall an unrevealed alien encounter in the Venusian atmosphere. Barton's condition continues to worsen and is accompanied by a peculiar webbing of his fingers. until one day, somebody did it." Plot Īfter completing the first crewed mission to orbit Venus, astronaut Jeff Barton (Shatner) returns to Earth with recurring nightmares and an increasing inability to stay warm. Because its surface temperature was believed to be several times that of Earth's, it was not thought possible for Man to reach Venus and come back. Until sometime in the last half of the twentieth century it is still a planet shrouded in mystery, enveloped in a heavy blanket of clouds and steam. It is closer to Earth than any other planet –twenty-eight million miles away. "The most brilliant planet in our solar system is Venus, named for the Goddess of Love. James Sikking would later appear as Captain Styles in the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). Montaigne was also considered for the original role of Spock on that series. Lawrence Montaigne portrayed the Romulan Decius in the episode " Balance of Terror", and the Vulcan Stonn in the episode " Amok Time". Malachi Throne portrayed Commodore Mendez in the episode " The Menagerie". The episode was a Star Trek "preunion", as three of the co-stars would later have guest roles in television or film episodes of the series. Shatner's Outer Limits character is involved in a mission called "Project Vulcan". The episode features William Shatner in the lead role as a space explorer, not long before he was cast as Captain Kirk in Star Trek. It first aired on September 26, 1964, during the second season. " Cold Hands, Warm Heart" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show.
2nd episode of the 2nd season of The Outer Limits " Cold Hands, Warm Heart"
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