so cold you could hang meat

so cold you could hang meat
so cold you could hang meat
Fig. very cold; as cold as a meat storage locker. •

Lord it was cold there! So cold you could hang meat.

A: How cold was it? B: So cold you could hang meat.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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