catch someone cold    

In sport, if you are caught cold, you are not prepared for an attack by your opponent, and you suffer because of it. This expression is used mainly in British journalism.

Northern, seeking their eighth successive League win, were caught cold by Castleford.

Dewsbury maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Third Division with a 29-14 win after Cumbrian had caught them cold to lead 8-4 at the interval.

cold as ice

If you say that someone or something is as cold as ice, you are emphasizing that they are very cold.

A hand that felt as cold as ice touched her forehead.

The next morning, Snoot sat cold as ice through breakfast, unyielding to Claire's hand on his shoulder as she passed his chair.

People also use the much more frequent adjective ice-cold to mean the same thing.

He took a mouthful of the ice cold beer.

He felt a lash of fear, running ice-cold down his spine.

come in from the cold

bring someone in from the cold

If someone or something comes in from the cold, they become popular, accepted, or active again after a period of unpopularity or lack of involvement. You can also say that they are brought in from the cold.

have been looking to come in from the cold for five years. Their in one hand and ballot box in the other strategy has stagnated.

Over the past two years, Swedish investors have come in from the cold.

Grenada's former Health Minister who was fired from office two months ago has been brought in from the cold by the Prime Minister.

leave someone cold

If something leaves you cold, it does not excite or interest you at all.

Given the world situation, chit-chat about shopping and hairdos leaves you cold.

I am not proud that modern `classical' music leaves me cold: just honest.

out in the cold

If a person or organization is left out in the cold, they are ignored by other people and are not asked to take part in activities with them.

The Association of South-East Asian has expressed concern that developing countries might be left out in the cold in current world trade talks.

is why Burma still finds itself partly out in the cold.

has complained in public that husband doesn't pay her enough attention. `He's leaving me out in the cold,' 29-year-old Ghost told guests.

when one person sneezes, another catches cold    

If you say that when one country or person sneezes, another catches cold, you mean that the things that happen to one country or person have a great effect or influence on other countries or people. This expression is used mainly in British English.

When America sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold. Applying this adage to financial markets, some onlookers fear that this week's necessary increase in American interest rates may hinder equally necessary interest-rate cuts in Europe and Japan.