freeze one's tail off informal

Next, well, standing around the morning Appell freezing our tails off.

Cold enough to freeze the tail off a hog," she said. "

Winter's coming to the whole lake district, and I'd prefer not to freeze my tail off if we get stranded down there.

I'm freezing my tail off out here.

MIKE Go on inside, before you freeze your tail off.

Strange but true: Even when you're freezing your tail off, your skis are riding on a microscopic film of liquid water.

"Meanwhile," Mr. Yarborough said, "us old guys sit up on the hill and freeze our tail off."

"It wasn't in the summer, and I froze my tail off," Mr. Joel said.

"When I did this I was just trying to help what I saw was a little old man freezing his tail off and just hungry," he said.