"cold as ice" meaning in English

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        "Very cold."
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        "(simile) Very cold."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bīnglěng",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "冰冷"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "chladný jako led"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "jääkylmä"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "máis frío cá neve"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "eiskalt"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "jéghideg"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xolódnyj kak ljod",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "холо́дный как лёд"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ledjanój",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "ледяно́й"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "cho fuar ris a' phuinnsean"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "frígido"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "gélido"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very cold",
          "word": "iskall"
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      "word": "ice-cold"
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      "word": "freezing"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīnglěng",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "冰冷"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "chladný jako led"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "jääkylmä"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "máis frío cá neve"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "eiskalt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "jéghideg"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "xolódnyj kak ljod",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "холо́дный как лёд"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ledjanój",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "ледяно́й"
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      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "cho fuar ris a' phuinnsean"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "frígido"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very cold",
      "word": "gélido"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very cold",
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  "word": "cold as ice"
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