Now, the VOA Special English programWORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Cold weather has a great effecton how our minds and our bodies work.Maybe that is why there areso many expressionsthat use the word cold.For centuries,the body's blood has been linkedclosely with the emotions.People who show no human emotionsor feelings, for example,are said to be cold-blooded.Cold-blooded people actin cruel ways.They may do brutal things to others, and not by accident.For example, a newspaper saysthe police are searchingfor a cold-blooded killer.The killer murdered someone,not in self-defense,or because he was reactingto anger or fear.He seemed to kill for no reason,and with no emotion,as if taking someone's lifemeant nothing.Cold can affect other parts of the body.The feet, for example.Heavy socks can warm your feet,if your feet are really cold.But there is an expression-- to get cold feet-- that has nothing to dowith cold or your feet.The expression means being afraidto do something you had decided to do.For example, you agreeto be president of an organization.But then you learn thatall the other officers have resigned.All the work of the organizationwill be your responsibility.You are likely to get cold feetabout being presidentwhen you understand the situation.Cold can also affect your shoulder.You give someone the cold shoulderwhen you refuse to speak to them.You treat them in a distant, cold way.The expression probably comesfrom the physical act ofturning your back toward someone,instead of speakingto him face-to-face.You may give a cold shoulderto a friend who has notkept a promise he made to you.Or, to someone who has liedabout you to others.A cold fish is not a fish.It is a person.But it is a personwho is unfriendly,unemotional and showsno love or warmth.A cold fish does not offermuch of himself to anyone.Someone who is a cold fishcould be cold-hearted.Now a cold-hearted personis someone who has no sympathy.Several popular songsin recent years wereabout cold-hearted menor cold-hearted women,who without feeling,broke the hearts of their lovers.Out in the coldis an expression often heard.It means not getting somethingthat everybody else got.A person might say that everybodybut him got a pay raise,that he was left out in the cold.And it is not a pleasant place to be.(MUSIC)This VOA Special English program,WORDS AND THEIR STORIES,was written by Marilyn Rice Christiano.Maurice Joyce was the narrator.