chill (one) to the bone
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1. To make or be very cold. In this usage, a pronoun does not have to be used between "chill" and "to." After shoveling snow for hours, I am just chilled to the bone. The wind from the mountain chilled us to the bone.
2. To cause one to be very scared. In this usage, a pronoun is usually used between "chill" and "to." The sight of blood just chills me to the bone.
chilled to the bone
Of a person, very cold. After shoveling snow for hours, I am just chilled to the bone.
*chilled to the bone
Fig. very cold. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I got chilled to the bone in that snowstorm. The children were chilled to the bone from their swim in the ocean.
chilled to the bone
Also, chilled to the marrow. Extremely or bitterly cold, as in After skiing in the wind for five hours straight, I was chilled to the bone. These hyperboles replaced the earlier idea of one's blood freezing and are more picturesque than the current synonym frozen.
chill somebody to the ˈbone/ˈmarrow
frighten somebody very much: His threat chilled her to the bone. Marrow is a soft substance that fills the hollow parts of bones.