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
Ephraim	EE-free-im (English), EE-frəm (English), E-free-im (English), E-frəm (English)	Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Virgil	VUR-jəl (English)	English, Romanian
Ziad	-	Arabic
Lawson	['lɔ:sn]
Kinge	KING-ə	German
Arno	-	Dutch, German