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[00:00.10]Now, the VOA Special English program[00:16.00]WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.[00:18.78]Cold weather has a great effect[00:23.32]on how our minds and our bodies work.[00:26.82]Maybe that is why there are[00:30.20]so many expressions[00:31.81]that use the word cold.[00:34.53]For centuries,[00:36.07]the body's blood has been linked[00:38.96]closely with the emotions.[00:42.05]People who show no human emotions[00:45.68]or feelings, for example,[00:47.80]are said to be cold-blooded.[00:50.89]Cold-blooded people act[00:54.22]in cruel ways.[00:56.39]They may do brutal things to others,[00:59.82]and not by accident.[01:03.33]For example, a newspaper says[01:07.84]the police are searching[01:09.95]for a cold-blooded killer.[01:13.05]The killer murdered someone,[01:15.87]not in self-defense,[01:18.23]or because he was reacting[01:20.56]to anger or fear.[01:22.57]He seemed to kill for no reason,[01:25.95]and with no emotion,[01:28.83]as if taking someone's life[01:31.67]meant nothing.[01:33.42]Cold can affect other parts of the body.[01:38.31]The feet, for example.[01:40.44]Heavy socks can warm your feet,[01:45.02]if your feet are really cold.[01:47.34]But there is an expression[01:49.96]-- to get cold feet[01:52.68]-- that has nothing to do[01:54.65]with cold or your feet.[01:57.64]The expression means being afraid[02:02.11]to do something you had decided to do.[02:06.04]For example, you agree[02:09.08]to be president of an organization.[02:11.66]But then you learn that[02:14.69]all the other officers have resigned.[02:17.17]All the work of the organization[02:20.72]will be your responsibility.[02:23.48]You are likely to get cold feet[02:27.08]about being president[02:29.29]when you understand the situation.[02:31.80]Cold can also affect your shoulder.[02:35.77]You give someone the cold shoulder[02:39.56]when you refuse to speak to them.[02:42.90]You treat them in a distant, cold way.[02:46.99]The expression probably comes[02:49.87]from the physical act of[02:52.04]turning your back toward someone,[02:54.92]instead of speaking[02:56.86]to him face-to-face.[02:59.10]You may give a cold shoulder[03:02.02]to a friend who has not[03:04.56]kept a promise he made to you.[03:06.98]Or, to someone who has lied[03:10.67]about you to others.[03:12.48]A cold fish is not a fish.[03:17.17]It is a person.[03:18.90]But it is a person[03:21.37]who is unfriendly,[03:23.13]unemotional and shows[03:25.34]no love or warmth.[03:27.57]A cold fish does not offer[03:30.91]much of himself to anyone.[03:33.40]Someone who is a cold fish[03:37.11]could be cold-hearted.[03:39.65]Now a cold-hearted person[03:42.34]is someone who has no sympathy.[03:45.12]Several popular songs[03:48.12]in recent years were[03:50.66]about cold-hearted men[03:53.00]or cold-hearted women,[03:55.34]who without feeling,[03:57.27]broke the hearts of their lovers.[04:00.28]Out in the cold[04:02.81]is an expression often heard.[04:05.44]It means not getting something[04:08.71]that everybody else got.[04:10.51]A person might say that everybody[04:14.10]but him got a pay raise,[04:16.83]that he was left out in the cold.[04:20.66]And it is not a pleasant place to be.[04:23.82](MUSIC)[04:36.49]This VOA Special English program,[04:40.39]WORDS AND THEIR STORIES,[04:43.17]was written by Marilyn Rice Christiano.[04:46.52]Maurice Joyce was the narrator.[04:49.41]I'm Shirley Griffith.