It is freezing in the dead of winter.
dead of winter
idiomThe middle of the winter, characterized by being particularly cold.
The pipes in our old house often freeze during the dead of winter.
The mountain pass remains completely impassable throughout the dead of winter, isolating the small village from the rest of the world until the spring thaw.
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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brown bread
[Cockney slang]dead
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buy straw hats in winter
Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.
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come back from the dead
To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.
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dead 'n' buried
Contraction of dead and buried.
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dead air
An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture on television.
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dead and buried
Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.
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dead asleep
Sleeping in a deep sleep