The cold ate away at her bones

[alpacinou]

If a place is really cold, does it make sense to say "the cold ate away at one's bones"?

Is this okay?

The cold ate away at her bones as she trudged through the tundra.

Is there a better way to express the idea?

 

[Tarheel]

It's new to me, but I like it!

 

[alpacinou]

It's new to me, but I like it!

Stuff are new for you today!

 

[emsr2d2]

Lots of stuff are is new for you today! space here

Don't forget that "stuff" is uncountable.

 

[Rover_KE]

It’s new to me, and I don’t like it.

The cold penetrated to her bones.

 

[Skrej]

It doesn't bother me. I think I may have even heard it (or something similar) before.

If you want to be even more dramatic, swap out 'ate' with something like 'gnawed'

Edit: While it doesn't use the phrase of eating away, Robert W. Service wrote a darkly humorous poem about being cold even after death entitled The Cremation of Sam McGee. It does speak of the cold stabbing like a nail, though. It's a fun poem to read aloud and has a great surprise twist at the end.

To make it even better, Johnny Cash once narrated it.

 

[Tarheel]

It always brings a smile to my face
When I think about that time and place.
It was as cold as it could be
When they cremated Sam McGee.