brass monkeys

Extremely cold, usually regarding the weather. Taken from the semi-vulgar phrase, "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey," or its derivative, "brass monkey weather." Primarily heard in UK. Cor, it's brass monkeys out there tonight!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Radzimierz	rah-JEEM-yesh	Polish (Rare)
Cosmas	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
River	RIV-ər	English (Modern)
Klemens	KLE-mens (German, Polish)	German, Danish, Swedish, Polish
Sudhir	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
Bojan	BO-yahn (Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian