cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
Extremely coldExtremely cold.
» It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!
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1 senses(not comparable, slang)Extremely cold.
Examples
1 sentencesIt's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!
Origin
Unknown. There is a discredited theory that it refers to a brass container for cannon ballUnknown. There is a discredited theory that it refers to a brass container for cannon balls on a British man-of-war, and a somewhat more plausible theory that "brass monkey" used to refer to a cannon on a man-of-war.
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1 related wordsRelatedbrass monkey