máis frío cá neve

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mais frio ca neve ("colder than snow", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria).

Adjective

máis frío cá neve

1. (simile, comparison) cold as ice; very cold

   Synonym: máis frío ca un pao de ferro

   • 1814, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Aos coruñeses:

     o labrador, moi contento pensando tiña un tesouro, quedouse mas frio que a neve cando ve chegar [o] señor cura e lle pide o dichoso ferrado pour razon de ofrenda anal

     the farmer, who was joyfully thinking that he had a treasure, was left cold as ice [lit: colder than snow] when he saw the priest as he came and the later asked for the bushel for the annual offering

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mais frio ca neve”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “máis frío cá neve”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega