freeze tail off

freeze (one's) tail off

slang To feel very cold. You'll freeze your tail off if you go outside without a coat! Is the bus ever coming? I'm freezing my tail off here!
See also: freeze, off, tail
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

freeze one's tail off

Fig. Inf. to freeze; to get very cold. Don't stand out there in the cold wind! You'll freeze your tail off! It's as cold as a welldigger's nose today. I about froze my tail off walking to work.
See also: freeze, off, tail
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (I've) got to take off
  • be off with you
  • be off for (something)
  • be off for sth
  • (Now) where was I?
  • be well off for (something)
  • be well off for something
  • be off (one's) feed
  • be off feed
  • break off