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be chilled to the marrow

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be chilled/frozen to the marrow

  (British & Australian)

to be extremely cold

Usage notes: Marrow is the soft material in the middle of your bones.

After an hour on the mountain, we were chilled to the marrow.

See chill to the bone, be chilled to the bone

See also: chill, marrow