Idiom
cold hand
Meaning
Used in reference to a player who fails to make successful shots in a game.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has a cold hand and missed every shot.”
“The team lost the game because their star player had a cold hand during the final minutes.”
“Despite his reputation as a reliable scorer, he suffered from a cold hand throughout the championship match, failing to convert even the simplest opportunities.”
Examples
simple
“He has a cold hand and missed every shot.”
contextual
“The team lost the game because their star player had a cold hand during the final minutes.”
complex
“Despite his reputation as a reliable scorer, he suffered from a cold hand throughout the championship match, failing to convert even the simplest opportunities.”
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