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单词 colder than a witch's tit
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colder (also drier, etc.) than a witch's tit
In various similative phrases indicating extreme coldness, dryness, or another property held to be characteristic of such a mark or protuberance, or (more generally) of a witch's breast, such as (as) cold as a witch's tit, (as) dry as a witch's tit. In later use also colder (also drier, etc.) than a witch's tit in the same sense.
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1932 F. van W. Mason Spider House xviii. 210 It's cold as a witch's tit outside.
1980 R. L. Duncan Brimstone viii. 200 Just listening to a weather report... Albuquerque's clear but cold as a witch's tit.
1999 K. Reichs Death du Jour iii. 43 ‘It's colder than a witch's tit down here,’ he agreed, surveying the basement.
2020 J. Ackerman Bird Way v. 117 A hot day, windy, low humidity and dry as a witch's tit.
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