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> "cool attitude" Do you actually use this much, though? I had to double take because I'm not familiar with the phrase and I'm a native speaker. Typically you
by duaneb 11y ago
> "cool attitude"
Do you actually use this much, though? I had to double take because I'm not familiar with the phrase and I'm a native speaker. Typically you might use cool to in this way to describer an action or gerund, or with a prepositional phrase, or as an adverb.
Heck, if anything, I'd say a "cool attitude" is a calm attitude—as in, the person played it cool.
- afandian 11y agoMaybe not that exact phrasing but "he gave me a cool look" can mean exact opposites. Depends entirely on dialect / register. The direct metaphorical version ("he gave me an unfriendly look") is reasonably common in English. The other reading of it isn't so much, but is perfectly understandable (probably incorrectly).
- tehwalrus 11y agoHow about an "icy glare"?