cold as death

English

Adjective

cold as death (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Very cold.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      The night was growing colder, and there was a small sharp wind stirring from the east. But hot or cold, it was all one to him, who was already cold as death.
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