it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
1cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey — ► cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey informal extremely cold. [ORIGIN: from a type of brass rack or ‘monkey’ in which cannonballs were stored and which contracted in very cold weather, ejecting the balls.] Main Entry: ↑brass …
2be cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey — British, very informal! brass monkey weather extremely cold weather. We were in Moscow, and it was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey …
3cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey — Meaning Very cold weather conditions. Origin Uncertain origin. Some references say that the brass triangles that supported stacks of iron cannonballs on sailing ships were called monkeys and that in cold weather, as brass contracts more than iron …
4monkey, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass* — Very cold …
5brass monkey Brit. — brass monkey Brit. informal used to indicate extremely cold weather: cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. [from a type of brass rack or ‘monkey’ in which cannonballs were stored and which contracted in very cold weather, ejecting… …
6brass monkey — If it s brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold …
7brass monkey — /bras ˈmʌŋki/ (say brahs mungkee) phrase Colloquial 1. brass monkey weather, very cold weather. 2. cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, extremely cold. {US (mid 19th century); with reference to a monkey figurine made of brass,… …
8brass monkey — If it s brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
9Brass monkey — If it s brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremly cold …
10brass monkey weather — Noun. Very cold weather. From the phrase, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey . Cf. brassy and brass monkeys …