| 单词 | brass monkeys |
| 释义 | brass monkeysbrass monkeysˌbrass ˈmonkeys,ˌbrass ˈmonkey weather(British English, slang) if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather: Wear a hat — it’s brass monkeys out there!The full expression is ‘cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey’, although this is not often used. It may refer to a brass rack called a monkey which was used to store cannonballs. When it was very cold, the brass contracted (= got smaller) and the balls fell off. |
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