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    With_sang-froid 对比 In_cold_blood
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    • in cold bloodsaid of smth. brutal or cruel done in an unemotional way:

      • Sixteen innocent people, make-up artists, technicians and journalists, were murdered 【in cold blood】 in that building.

      Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase make someone’s blood run cold—(also: make someone’s blood freeze) horrify or shock a person:

      • What he saw made his blood run cold. The woman stood there, holding a sword half as long as she was.

      with sang-froid—(Fr.) acting calmly and without emotion in a dangerous or difficult situation:

      • A man who always acts 【with sang-froid】 has a great advantage over him who is of a lively and easily inflamed nature.
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