Brass Balls Off A Monkey. few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. a monkey is a cannon. It is cold enough to freeze the balls of a. cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey frigid, extremely cold. [collected on the internet, 2001].
english [] etymology []. according to the story, in very cold weather these brass frames would contract (in some versions the cannonballs also contract) causing the cannonballs to fall off the brass. cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey frigid, extremely cold. Brass Balls Off A Monkey This piece of alleged history explains that in the. From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.according to the u.s. They'd be off the cannon in the same way.
Brass Monkey (1948 film)
[collected on the internet, 2001]. It was a cold snap in the middle of spring with winds cold enough to freeze the balls off a. balls off a brass monkey. while the legitimacy behind the origin story of the canned brass monkey is questionable, the story goes that the drink was named after a popular club in macau,. the sun (2009) however, that was long after freezing brass monkeys became a popular phrase, so the origins of the expression will probably remain obscure. they say that in cold weather, the brass would expand faster than the iron balls, causing the balls to fall off and roll around the deck creating havoc for the crew. english [] etymology []. Brass Balls Off A Monkey.