chilled to the bone

chilled to the bone
*chilled to the bone
Fig. very cold. (*Typically: be \chilled to the bone; get \chilled to the bone.) •

I got chilled to the bone in that snowstorm.

The children were chilled to the bone from their swim in the ocean.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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