chilled to the bone

Idioms  

1. Also, chilled to the marrow. Extremely or bitterly cold, as in After skiing in the wind for five hours straight, I was chilled to the bone. These hyperboles replaced the earlier idea of one's blood freezing and are more picturesque than the current synonym frozen.

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Example Sentences

Watch him play a villain, a creep, or maybe a scheming Shakespearean king, and you’ll be chilled to the bone.

From Washington Times

I am chilled to the bone reading the @OIGatHHS report on how hospitals are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

From The Verge

Since it’s difficult to let loose when you’re chilled to the bone, your New Year’s Eve outfit should be sufficiently insulated from the winter cold.

From New York Times

You’ll be disgusted, and chilled to the bone.

From Slate

I was chilled to the bone by the time we arrived at his Greenwich Village apartment, which was hardly warmer than the street, but I was too vain to keep my jacket on and let him hang it in his frighteningly tidy closet.

From Salon

Related Words

• chilly
• cold
• freezing
• frigid
• frosty
• glacial
• polar
• raw