Freeze the balls off a brass monkey

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Heard in Cork

Extremely cold weather, cold enough to cause brass monkeys to lose their appendages.

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Posh English

It is cold enough to freeze the anatomical appendages off a metallic primate.

Related terms

• It would freeze the balls off a brass monkey!It is extremely cold.
• Fronkey brassExtremely cold, enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
• As bould as brassVery bold or brazen, often referring to a child.
• Bould as brassBeing quite naughty, bold or cheeky.
• Brass neckShameless impudence, audacity, or extreme nerve.
• Brass nickBrazen, thick-skinned and difficult to embarrass.