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холод собачий (Wikipedia article 4uzhoj); так холодно, что можно яйца отморозить (Taras); так холодно, что яйца можно отморозить (the phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off (or on) a brass monkey" is a colloquial expression used by some English speakers. The reference to the testes (as the term balls is commonly understood to mean) of the brass monkey appears to be a 20th-century variant on the expression, prefigured by a range of references to other body parts, especially the nose and tail Taras) |
