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First, you probably mean "cold as ice." This is an idiom, an expression used by a culture so often that everyone understands it (ice is certainly cold, and the weather might remind people of ice; also, a person can be perceived as uncaring and we might say that person is cold as ice). Nearly every culture has its own idiomatic expressions.

On the other hand, when you see words linked together by "like" or "as," that could be a "simile." A simile paints a verbal picture, using "like" or "as." It joins two very different words, and forms an interesting image in your mind. For example, "Love is like a rose." Obviously, love is not a flower, but you can think of a flower as something pleasant and beautiful, yet also something that has thorns (can hurt you).

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