brass monkeys



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!
See also: brass, monkey

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tiberiu-Romanian
OvidAH-vid (English)History
TÂNia-Portuguese
BelleBELEnglish
Anand-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali
GerlachKHER-lahkh (Dutch)Dutch, Ancient Germanic