cold as ice

English

Etymology

From Middle English cold as ise, cold as yse, colde as ise.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪs

Adjective

cold as ice (not comparable)

1. (simile) Very cold.

Synonyms

• ice-cold
• freezing
• Thesaurus:cold

Translations

very cold

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰冷 (zh) (bīnglěng)

• Czech: chladný jako led
• Finnish: jääkylmä (fi)
• Galician: máis frío cá neve
• German: eiskalt (de)
• Hungarian: jéghideg (hu)
• Russian: холо́дный как лёд (xolódnyj kak ljod), ледяно́й (ru) (ledjanój)
• Scottish Gaelic: cho fuar ris a' phuinnsean
• Spanish: frígido (es), gélido (es)
• Swedish: iskall (sv)