shatter the ice | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,usuallyfigurative)Tobreak the icein a sudden or dramatic fashion.

Examples:

EN: But great writing can shatter the ice and drop the reader down into the dark, where they really want to be.
ES: Pero los grandes escritores pueden hacer pedazos el hielo y dejar al lector en la oscuridad, dónde realmente quieren estar.

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