Meaning of cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey | Babel Free

Definitions

Extremely cold.

not-comparable, slang

Examples

“It was a bitterly cold, snowy and wind-blown evening in early January when I told my son that it was, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." Needless to say, he laughed and agreed with me.”

“There were a few kids there already, and had a fire going on shore, some were huddled around the fire. I couldn't bame them, it was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.”

“I know this was during coon hunting season so it must have been sometime in December. It was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.”

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