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User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
GUEST,Greyeyes | BS: curious expressions (120* d) | RE: BS: curious expressions | 29 Sep 00 |
I always understood that "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" was originally a naval expression. A brass monkey was the rack on which canonballs were stored, and the original saying was "cold enough to freeze the balls ONTO a brass monkey". |