chilled to the bone



*chilled to the bone

Fig. very cold. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I got chilled to the bone in that snowstorm. The children were chilled to the bone from their swim in the ocean.
See also: bone, chill

chilled to the bone

Also, chilled to the marrow. Extremely or bitterly cold, as in After skiing in the wind for five hours straight, I was chilled to the bone. These hyperboles replaced the earlier idea of one's blood freezing and are more picturesque than the current synonym frozen.
See also: bone, chill

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jalal-Arabic, Persian
GustavGOO-stahf (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Ealdgy&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
NoÉMi-Hungarian
Illarion-Russian
Burcu-Turkish