Brass Monkey Quotes & Sayings

I'm not saying it's cold but that brass monkey over there is looking really worried. — Glenn Scrimshaw

Talk about brass-monkey weather! — M.L. Stedman

It's cold enough to freeze the nuts off a brass monkey," Mikey said. The kids giggled. "Mikey said nuts," Nina said. Kate held up a hand, the sign for silence. "The saying comes from the Civil War days, when the cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they'd crack and break off. Breaking the nuts off the brass monkey. Get it? — Jill Shalvis