Freezing cold

Hello,

Back in the summer, I wrote a post about the extremely hot weather. Now, after an unseasonable autumn with hot temperatures, it seems that now cold and frost have arrived in town. Why don't we learn some expressions associated to cold ? Let's begin:

When the air is not blowing too much, we can say it's cool. Then, if it's a bit colder, we can say that it's cold or that it's chilly. However, there are some ways to emphasize the really cold temperatures:

It's freezing

It's freezing cold  

It's stone-cold 

In the bitter cold /it's bitterly cold

Piercing cold 

A severe cold / it is severely cold 

Frigid cold / frigid temperatures  

Wintry weather  

It's frosty 

It's icy  

The cold is also the protagonist of some English idioms :

- When someone gets cold feet, it means they are nervous, especially before a wedding. 

- When you kill someone in cold blood, it means you are cruel and you will make the other person suffer. 

- When something is as cold as ice, it means it is freezing cold. 

- When someone is cold-hearted or as cold as a stone is means, it means they lack feelings or are insensitive. 

- When a person is out in the cold, it means he or she lacks information or is disadvantaged in a given situation, for instance, tell me the truth. Don't let me out in the cold. 

- If you catch somebody cold, it means that you surprise them, as in the sentence 'when I told Luke his ex was dating me, I caught him cold.'

Are you cold now ? Is this wintry weather upsetting you ? If you do not want to catch a cold, maybe you should put your coat on and spend the autumn and winter with somebody you love.  If you are one of these people who always have cold hands, remember:  cold hands, warm heart.