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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bucket of cold" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It could be used in a context where you are describing something that is cold, but it needs additional context to make sense.
Example: "After the long hike, I was grateful for a bucket of cold water to refresh myself."
Alternatives: "a container of cold" or "a pail of cold".
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Varela's goal came as a bucket of cold water.
"But this sumo confrontation was like being splashed with a bucket of cold water.
Talk about pouring a bucket of cold water on a wonderfully passionate occasion.
As we said "cheese", he threw a bucket of cold water over us.
Put them in a bucket of cold water and then let them race back home.
Recent experiments with ex-players from the Guardiola-Blanc-Babbel generation were washed away with a bucket of cold water.
She was crouching over a bucket of cold water in the warm afternoon sun, washing her hair.
The document says that his family saw how soldiers "forced his head into a bucket of cold water a number of times.
"It was as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on the celebrating fans," says a reporter at Daily Sports.
"The market has had a bucket of cold water poured over it," says Tony Horrell, head of European capital markets at Jones Lang LaSalle, a commercial agent.
Then you plunge into a cold pool, or dump a bucket of cold water on your head, and do it all over again.
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