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Old 15-Dec-2007, 05:59
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hi,

cold enough to freeze the tail/nose off a brass monkey= freezing cold; very cold; rock shattering cold; as cold as a witch's tit; bone splitting cold.

e.g.

In December, it is cold enough to freeze the tail/nose off the brass monkey.





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