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
Briggs	[brigz]
Ferdinand	FER-dee-nahnt (German, Dutch), FUR-di-nand (English), FER-dee-nahnd (Finnish)	German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Nola	NO-lə	English, Irish
NjÅL	-	Norwegian
Jasvinder	-	Indian (Sikh)
Olov	OL-ov	Swedish