chill to the bone

English

Verb

chill to the bone (third-person singular simple present chills to the bone, present participle chilling to the bone, simple past and past participle chilled to the bone)

1. (idiomatic) To make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely cold.

   I was just chilled to the bone.

   • 1983, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly, “Alone”, in Bad Animals‎^[1], performed by Heart, published 1987:

     Till now I always got by on my own / I never really cared until I met you / And now it chills me to the bone / How do I get you alone? / How do I get you alone?