cold fish

Coined by William Shakespeare in 1611, see quotations.

• "[…]it was thought ſhe was a Woman, and was turn'd into a cold fiſh, for ſhe wold not exchange fleſh with one that lou'd her: […]"
• "He wouldn't have thought her such a cold fish. Pity. Still, there was plenty of time. Perhaps when she got used to his company she would thaw a little."
• "You're a cold fish. You have no heart."

• wet blanket
• buzzkill
• cold fish
• dampener
• downer
• fun sponge
• grinch
• joy killer
• killjoy
• miserabilist
• party pooper
• spoilsport
• stick in the mud
• wet blanket
• wet rag