Meaning of ice queen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A beautiful but heartless woman.
   idiomatic
2. A female ice-skating champion.
   informal

Examples

“Miss O'Neil's duplicitous power-mad ice queen epitomizes cruel hauteur with a streak of lethal saccharine—she is a nightmare stepmother.”

“Rice has never been the robot she plays on national television. She built the image the public has of her as an ice queen stuck on repeat. It’s the downside of her extreme loyalty to Bush.”

“[…]If I think money matters, I must be a heartless ice queen who can't take care of herself.”

“Wilson: Log Update: I can't figure Miranda out. As project director, she should be ecstatic at all the progress we've made. But she's still the same old ice queen. Wilson: Maybe she's worried Shepard might become the new favorite. Or maybe she's just a pure, cold-hearted bitch.”

“It was there—after she fired most of the staff—that Fleet Street began to paint [Anna Wintour] as an ice queen.”

“This time, she was beaten by 16-year-old Tanja Szewczenko, who is threatening to usurp the two-time Olympic champion, Katarina Witt, as Germany's ice queen.”

“Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna will make her return to competition at the Golden Spin event in Zagreb next month.”

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