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blue with cold

idiom

variants or blue from the cold
chiefly British, of a person or body part
: blue from being exposed to cold for too long
Her hands and feet are blue with cold.
He was shivering and blue from the cold.

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“Blue with cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20with%20cold. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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