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freeze one’s buns off (to) [exp]
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Meaning:
- to say that the weather is very chilly and you are cold so that your body is frozen in an exaggerated way.
- to feel extremely cold.
Examples:
- In Siberia people freeze their buns off.
- Hey close the door please! It’s cold out there and I freeze my buns off.
- It’s so cold out there, I almost froze my buns off walking to the store!
- The outdoor concert was fun, but we were freezing our buns off by the end of the night.
- We went camping last weekend, and let me tell you, I froze my buns off in that flimsy tent!
- This office is so cold; I feel like I’m freezing my buns off sitting at my desk!
- Why did you turn off the heater? I’m freezing my buns off over here!
- It’s so cold out there, I almost froze my buns off walking to the store!
Synonyms words for the idiom “to freeze one’s buns off”
Freezing
In general, is a temperature that water freezes. But in casual, is used to say the weather is so cold that makes person shake.
- You made me forget my jacket by making me hurry! Now I’m literally freezing here.
- Let’s go inside. It’s freezing and my nose is about to fall off.
- I wonder why she wore shorts in this weather and now she’s freezing. What was she thinking?
- It’s not snowing, but the wind makes it a little freezing!
Chilly
A chilly weather is cold enough to make you feel uncomfortable.
- It’s a bit chilly this morning. You had better wear a sweater.
- The weather forecast reported that we will have cold wind. It will make the evening chilly.
- She gave him a chilly look, colder than the weather of in the winter.
- The air is definitely chilly enough to see your vapor of the breath.
Icy
Used to talk about the weather that is extremely cold.
- The top of the mountain was so icy, I steel feel like needles on my face.
- After the severe snowing, the roads were dangerously icy.
- She wore three anoraks and made them tighter to block out the icy air.
- He should have taken on the gloves. Because his hands became icy cold when he took off his gloves.
Frigid
Used to say that the weather is freezing.
- The hikers weren’t prepared for the frigid temperatures at the peak on the mountain.
- A frigid storm blew through the valley to their face.
- We stayed inside the house all day to protect ourselves from the frigid weather.
- Her cheeks turned red because of the frigid morning air.
Chill
When you have a feeling of coldness, you can say it was chill.
- The chill of the air ended as the sun started to rise.
- My mom closed the window because of the chill of the air.
- Last night It wasn’t cold enough to snow, but the yesterday evening definitely had a chill.
- She covered herself with a blanket to block out the chill.
Cool
The pleasant but not uncomfortable level of freezing weather.
- The breeze of the morning was cool and the best time for going jogging.
- She felt like the cool air after a long and hot mountain climbing.
- It was cool enough to wear a jacket, no need to stay inside the house because of the cold weather.
- A cool wind shook the leaves and told us the autumn is coming.
Arctic
Although in most cases is related to the cold weather of northern part of the world but in some cases and expression form used to talk about very cold condition.
- We went for camping. At night it was night Arctic and I couldn’t sleep inside the tent. I had to go and sleep inside the car.
- Someone adjusted the air conditioner to the coldest level at the office, it’s like the Arctic inside the hall.
- He gave me an Arctic look, cold and emotionless.
- It’s not just cold here, it’s very Arctic weather today.
Frosty
Very cold and covered with ice.
- The clothes were frosty this morning in the yard, when my mother wanted to take them.
- It was frosty at night and the grass was full of little icy crystals scattered on them.
- Frosty air made us set some logs on the fire and gather around that at the jungle to keep ourselves warm.
- The frosty air blew the snow into their face and made their eyes red.
Bitter
Used to say that you feel unpleasantly icy.
- A bitter wind blew in the streets and stung my skin.
- It was summer but I had to use my sleeping bag in that mountainous weather of the region at the bitter nights.
- I can’t even feel my toes, It’s not just cold, It’s bitter here.
- She trembled in the bitter air and was regretted that hasn’t brought even a piece of warm clothes.
Wintry/ Wintery
Frigid, like typical condition of winter.
- The trees were covered in a wintery layer of snow In the Siberia.
- All days at the northern cities of Norway is wintery.
- She walked into the wintery mountain. She made her footprints on the fresh snow.
- Do you know how the residents of the polar can live in such a wintery weather?
Glacial
Icy and very frosty weather.
- The mysterious Igloo houses made the life easy in glacial region for people in South and North pole.
- We sat very close together and tried to stay warm in the glacial temperature of that cottage.
- As soon as he got into the car, he turned the car heater on because it was glacial out there.
- Making a fire was prohibited there and the weather was glacial, I won’t go there in the winter anymore.
Shivery
Cold condition so that it makes you tremble.
- The air was so shivery andchilly, by chance everyone had brought a quilt.
- She wrapped the blanket tighter around the kid and tied to keep it warm the shivery cold.
- The brand-new air conditioner of the apartment made the air inside the room shivery.
- After jogging through the snow, he didn’t feel frozen and shivery anymore.