Idiom
chill to the bone
Meaning
To make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely cold.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The winter wind chilled me to the bone.”
“I forgot my coat, and the freezing rain chilled me to the bone while I waited for the bus.”
“As the sun set behind the mountains, the sudden drop in temperature chilled the hikers to the bone, forcing them to seek shelter immediately.”
Examples
simple
“The winter wind chilled me to the bone.”
contextual
“I forgot my coat, and the freezing rain chilled me to the bone while I waited for the bus.”
complex
“As the sun set behind the mountains, the sudden drop in temperature chilled the hikers to the bone, forcing them to seek shelter immediately.”
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