Synonyms

chilled to the bone

Idioms

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.

Example Sentences

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If not for these, she would have been chilled to the bone.

From Literature

The expression on her face had altered in a way that made Penelope feel chilled to the bone.

From Literature

He was wearing two coats but was still, as he put it, “chilled to the bone.”

From Los Angeles Times

I froze in the entrance of the Krupp Pavilion, chilled to the bone although the sun beat hot on my face.

From Literature

I flinched away, chilled to the bone, as if I had one foot back in that wintry afternoon when I’d first met him.

From Literature

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