frozen stiff
idiom
1
: completely stiff because of being wet and frozen
The shirt was frozen stiff.
2
informal
: extremely cold
We were frozen stiff by the time we got indoors.
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But then Elaine achieves orgasm, and is immediately frozen stiff — dead.
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Steve looked at me from underneath the ruff of his parka, a lovely mist of snow blowing 20 mph across the lake, his line frozen stiff in a dime-size opening in the ice.
—Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2021
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Vulture, 13 June 2023
Steve looked at me from underneath the ruff of his parka, a lovely mist of snow blowing 20 mph across the lake, his line frozen stiff in a dime-size opening in the ice.
—Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2021
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“Frozen stiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frozen%20stiff. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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