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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