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freeze your butt off

freeze your butt off English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Apr 09 2009

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I’m freezing my butt off for a good cause!”

- Jason on attending an extreme fund raiser in a very cold river.

2. Video - Watch the video before learning the definition.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

to be really cold, so cold you can’t feel your butt

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Everyone knows that when you get really cold, you start to lose feeling in different parts of your body. First your fingers and toes get numb. Your ears and nose get cold too if they’re not covered. But your butt? That’s a pretty big part of your body. You have to be really cold for your butt to get numb. That’s why any time you’re really cold, you can say, “I’m freezing my butt off!”

But, let’s see…what could actually make you so cold you can’t feel your butt? What could cause you to really freeze your butt off? How about jumping into a freezing cold river in the winter?

Well, that’s what Jason did just to demonstrate the meaning of freeze your butt off, and to raise money for the Special Olympics. And he wasn’t alone. Hundreds of other people froze their butts off with him, raising thousands of dollars for the charity and creating our first edition of Extreme English, baby!

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“It’s snowing out there. You must be freezing your butt off. Come inside and get warm.”

“I’ve been freezing my butt off in line for this movie for an hour. I hope it’s really good!”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

VOLTS to feel a cold temperature in the body
by VOLTSSuper Member!
Vivian83 SHEEVER AND COLD
by Vivian83
vikiD u r cold n ur butt is too!
by vikiD
blue_bear be cold
by blue_bear
feel really cold
by silverwicce
i think he feel cold maybe he
by vinacaphe
very cold
by EmmaA

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kyliah

kyliah

Italy

Actually  I've never freezed my butt off. Here in South Italy the weather may be cold sometimes but never freezing. Where I live don't even snow! 
I guess if i lived in North I would freeze my butt off but I really don't want to try it cause I really hate cold!  

12:29 PM Apr 09 2009 |

id_teddy

id_teddy

Macao

It's pretty cool to have fun like this.  I wish I could join this activie as well. Does anyone know where it is? We don't have this cold weather here.  I would love to try this at least once.

 

10:00 AM Apr 09 2009 |

Liaa

Liaa

Russian Federation

I spent last vacation in Krasnaya polyana with my husband. It is very popular skiing resort in Russia. May be you've heard about this place. Russia is going to realize Winter Olympic games in Krasnaya Polyana. So  I skied and I always fell to earth and  I really freezed my butt of.

09:50 AM Apr 09 2009 |

N.J. Kim

South Korea

In korea, somtime extremhly cold in winter. expecally, i feel freeze my butt off when I work in outside bathroom :)just like rushing.
it's really freeze..

09:45 AM Apr 09 2009 |

zonyo720707

Taiwan

so cool, i fell freeze with my butt off

09:28 AM Apr 09 2009 |

amian

Algeria

I'm getting cold

09:23 AM Apr 09 2009 |

guobingyou

guobingyou

China

It's not that cold that I'll freeze my butt off. The Weather here is good, cold but not freezing.

08:43 AM Apr 09 2009 |

nad1a

nad1a

Greece

For the five years living in Greece, I don't even remember what freezing your butt off feels like :-) We didn't even have real winter this year. It's already getting so hot that it makes me feel dizzy.

05:55 AM Apr 09 2009 |

blake84

blake84

China

i never meet the weather can freezing my butt off. in south of china, you only can experience of freezing your hands and toes in winter. sometime you have not feeling on your hands.this sentence is really so exaggerated.

04:35 AM Apr 09 2009 |

sofree

sofree

China

Interesting, my experience, you know, girls always try to wear as less as they can in winter. When I only wear one pant in freezing weather, but with thick jacket cover upper body, the only parts I feel numb is my butt and thigh. So I guess the first one using "freeze my butt off" must not be a female, lol~

03:31 AM Apr 09 2009 |

Shugopy

Shugopy

Paraguay

My country is so hot that is almost imposible freeze your but off. Maybe in winter and if you do the same than Jason you will freeze your but off… but i have never feel so cold in Paraguay. When I went to Argentina, some years ago I froze my but off because I went to the mountains to skiing, It was the first time that I feel the real cold -15! I just like the mild climate lol

01:33 AM Apr 09 2009 |

mukashi

mukashi

Myanmar

 In Tokyo sometime the temperature is 0C and really really freezing my butt off.  I don't like cold season. But I like to watch snowing.

12:12 AM Apr 09 2009 |

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