brass monkeys — UK US noun [uncountable] british very informal very cold weather Thesaurus: cold weather and periods of cold weathersynonym Variant: brass monkey weather * * * ˌbrass ˈmonkeys | ˌbrass ˈmonkey weather … Useful english dictionary
brass monkeys — UK / US or brass monkey weather UK / US noun [uncountable] British very informal very cold weather … English dictionary
brass monkeys — • cold weather, as in it s brass monkeys out there . Comes from the saying cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey . As far as I can see the debate on the origins of this one are still ongoing. Many sources say it comes from a old… … Londonisms dictionary
brass monkeys — Adj. Of the weather or air temperature, very cold. E.g. Wear a hat and scarf, it s brass monkeys out there. See brass monkey weather … English slang and colloquialisms
brass monkeys — adjective very cold Blimey, its brass monkeys out there today … Wiktionary
brass-monkeys — adj British extremely cold. A shortening of brass monkey time or brass monkey weather , this phrase refers to the widely known vulgar saying cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey! . A rather far fetched explana tion of the… … Contemporary slang
brass monkey weather — variant UK US Main entry: brass monkeys * * * ˌbrass ˈmonkeys | ˌbrass ˈmonkey weather idiom (BrE, slang) i … Useful english dictionary
brass — [bra:s US bræs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(metal)¦ 2¦(music)¦ 3¦(decorations)¦ 4 get down to brass tacks 5¦(people with top jobs)¦ 6 it s brass monkeys/brass monkey weather 7¦(money)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: brAs] 1.) ¦(METAL)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
Brass monkey — is the name of various people and things. In several cases, the people and things were named after, or as an allusion to, the colloquial expression.*Brass monkey (colloquial expression), meaning something solid and inert that can only be affected … Wikipedia
brass monkey weather — brass monkeys UK / US or brass monkey weather UK / US noun [uncountable] British very informal very cold weather … English dictionary