chill to the bone
To make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely coldTo make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely cold.
» I was chilled to the bone.
Der Schreck fuhr mir in die Glieder. — al_ex_an_der
Я продрог до костей. — Balamax
Я промерз до костей. — Lenin_1917
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1 senses(idiomatic)To make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely cold.
I was just chilled to the bone.
Examples
12 sentencesI was chilled to the bone.
ruЯ продрог до костей. — Balamax
deDer Schreck fuhr mir in die Glieder. — al_ex_an_der
I'm chilled to the bone.
ruЯ продрог до костей. — Balamax
He was chilled to the bone.
Він замерз як собака. — User55521
deEr fühlte die Kälte bis ins Mark. — Yorwba
I feel chilled to the bone today.
ruЯ промерз до костей сегодня. — Gruzilkin
Cold rain makes me chilled to the bone.
Forms
chills to the bone, chilling to the bone, chilled to the bone, chilled to the bone| Base form | chill to the bone · to chill to the bone |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chills to the bone |
| Present participle | chilling to the bone |
| Past simple | chilled to the bone |
| Past participle | chilled to the bone |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.