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ID: #16361
Question
Not many people can commit such a heinous crime in cool blood. - What does the italicized idiom above mean?
Options
1
in cool brain and calculated thought
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2
so thoughtfully
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3
so impatiently and thoughtlessly
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4
stirred by sudden emotion
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Explanation
To do something in 'cold blood' (often misquoted as cool blood) means to do it deliberately, ruthlessly, and without emotion or passion, showing calculation.