Extremely cold. 'It's brass monkeys out there.'
"Brass monkeys this morning, scraped the windscreen."
"Bring a jacket, it's brass monkeys."
Phrases & Expressions · New Zealand slang
Brass monkeys
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Trans-Tasman 'very cold'.
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