down cold, have



down cold, have

Learn or accomplish perfectly. For example, I have this song down cold. The slangy use of cold for "completely" dates from the late 1800s and the phrase itself from about 1900.
See also: down, have

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MÁEl Sechnaill-Ancient Irish
Fernanda[fɜ:'nændə]
Viktoriavik-TO-ree-ah (German), veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Perikles-Ancient Greek
StankoSTAHN-ko (Slovene, Croatian)Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian
HyldaHIL-dəEnglish (Rare)