B1 — Intermediate🎨 Colors
Essere viola dal freddo
To be blue with cold
Literal Translation
"To be purple from the cold"
What it means
To be extremely cold, to the point where the skin takes on a bluish-purple hue.
Example in context
"Erano fuori da un'ora e erano viola dal freddo."
"They had been outside for an hour and were blue with cold."
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