cold as death
English
Adjective
cold as death (not comparable)
- (simile) Very cold.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- The night was growing colder, and there was a small sharp wind stirring from the east. But hot or cold, it was all one to him, who was already cold as death.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide