Cold as a toad

Posted by Smokey Stover September 21, 2004In reply to Cold as a toad posted by Ken Thompson on September 21, 2004

Anyone else ever heard this one? My grandmother used it meaning, roughly, cold & clammy. Am wondering if it's an English phrase, or if she was mixing German with her English -- cold as Tod (cold as Death).

No, not Tod. Have you ever handled toads? SS

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Cold as a toad Ken Thompson 22/September/04
Cold as a toad David FG 21/September/04