- brass monkey weather
- Noun. Very cold weather. From the phrase, 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Cf. 'brassy' and 'brass monkeys'.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
brass monkey weather
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brass monkey weather — variant UK US Main entry: brass monkeys * * * ˌbrass ˈmonkeys | ˌbrass ˈmonkey weather idiom (BrE, slang) i … Useful english dictionary
brass monkey weather — brass monkeys UK / US or brass monkey weather UK / US noun [uncountable] British very informal very cold weather … English dictionary
brass monkey weather — British, very informal extremely cold weather. It s brass monkey weather today, isn t it! … New idioms dictionary
brass-monkey weather — 1. Extremely cold weather. 2* cold enough to freeze the balls ♦ off a brass monkey Very cold … A concise dictionary of English slang
Brass monkey weather — very cold weather (19th C. US slang; originally referring to a brass figure of a monkey; not, as widely believed, a nautical term relating to cannonballs) … Dictionary of Australian slang
brass monkey weather — Australian Slang very cold weather (19th C. US slang; originally referring to a brass figure of a monkey; not, as widely believed, a nautical term relating to cannonballs) … English dialects glossary
brass monkey — If it s brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold … The small dictionary of idiomes
Brass monkey (colloquial expression) — This article is about the colloquial expression. For other uses of the term, see Brass monkey (disambiguation). The Brass Monkey of Stanthorpe, Queensland the place known for its brass monkey weather , complete with a set of balls The phrase cold … Wikipedia
brass monkey — /bras ˈmʌŋki/ (say brahs mungkee) phrase Colloquial 1. brass monkey weather, very cold weather. 2. cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, extremely cold. {US (mid 19th century); with reference to a monkey figurine made of brass,… …
brass monkey — If it s brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
