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
Benigna-Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Late Roman
Sacha-French
Timurtee-MOOR (Russian)History, Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian
GershomGUR-shahm (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Arantzazu-Basque
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