brass-monkey weather
1brass monkey weather — variant UK US Main entry: brass monkeys * * * ˌbrass ˈmonkeys | ˌbrass ˈmonkey weather idiom (BrE, slang) i …
2brass monkey weather — brass monkeys UK / US or brass monkey weather UK / US noun [uncountable] British very informal very cold weather …
3brass monkey weather — British, very informal extremely cold weather. It s brass monkey weather today, isn t it! …
4brass monkey weather — Noun. Very cold weather. From the phrase, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey . Cf. brassy and brass monkeys …
5brass-monkey weather — 1. Extremely cold weather. 2* cold enough to freeze the balls ♦ off a brass monkey Very cold …
6Brass monkey weather — very cold weather (19th C. US slang; originally referring to a brass figure of a monkey; not, as widely believed, a nautical term relating to cannonballs) …
7brass monkey weather — Australian Slang very cold weather (19th C. US slang; originally referring to a brass figure of a monkey; not, as widely believed, a nautical term relating to cannonballs) …
8brass monkey — If it s brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold …
9Brass monkey (colloquial expression) — This article is about the colloquial expression. For other uses of the term, see Brass monkey (disambiguation). The Brass Monkey of Stanthorpe, Queensland the place known for its brass monkey weather , complete with a set of balls The phrase cold …
10brass 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,… …
