寒潮来袭，你准备好抵御严寒的各种装备了吗？你是靠满屋暖气过冬的北方人，还是靠一身正气过冬的南方人呢？
不过即使三九严寒，也不要放松学习。今天我们就来了解一些与冬季相关的习语和短语，用学习的热情温暖整个冬天吧！
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Snowed in 大雪封门
When it snows a lot, the snow can pile up high outside your house. If you can't even open your door because of the snow, that means you are snowed in.
北方的同学也许有过这样的体验，大雪堆到了家门口，你甚至都无法开门，这时候就就是被snowed in（被大雪困住）。
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Snowed under 忙得不可开交
When you have so much work that you don't even know where to start, you are snowed under.
Before you can face the cold outside, you have to bundle up, which means to get dressed warmly.
冬天出门前，都会把自己裹成一个粽子，bundle up就是“捆起来”，把你自己用厚厚的衣服或者毯子裹得像一个包裹，这种说法是不是非常形象呢？
4
To cozy up to someone
与某人相依偎；奉承、取悦某人
Winter is a perfect time to get close to your loved ones and cuddle under a blanket. This is called to cozy up to someone for warmth.
冬天来了，最好的取暖方式就是与爱人相依偎在被窝里。这就是cozy up to的字面意义。
不过这个短语的引申含义，带上了一点贬义色彩--“to try to get closer to someone by being extra nice and friendly”，为了得到好处，而去故意接近并且讨好某人。
例如：
When a car salesman tries to cozy up to you, he does so to sell you a more expensive car.
5
Put something on ice
暂时搁置某事
Putting something on ice means delaying or pausing it until later.
寒冬的室外简直就是一个天然的大冰箱，家里的食物买太多吃不完，放在外面的冰上就能保鲜，等想吃的时候再拿回来，所以把什么东西放在冰上（put sth. on ice）就衍生成为把某事暂时搁置起来的意思。
例如，在谈论工作中的想法、项目时：
Let's put this project on ice until we hire more people to work on it.
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Not a snowball's chance in hell
希望渺茫
When something has "a snowball's chance in hell," it has absolutely no chance at all of happening.
在人们的想象中，地狱永远燃烧着炙热的火焰，雪球掉到地狱里自然会立马融化，所以雪球在地狱里存在的机会（a snowball's chance in hell）基本上就等于零，希望极其渺茫。
例如：
Someone who doesn't know how to swim probably has a snowball's chance in hell of being an Olympic swimmer.
这个短语加上not，让否定的含义更加明显，连渺茫的希望都否定了，基本上就是没有希望了。
例如：
He doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of passing the class; he's failed every exam this semester!
这个短语还可以单独使用，相当于“No way”回答别人的问题。
例如：
Are you going to Cindy's holiday party, even though she started dating your ex-boyfriend?
Not a snowball's chance in hell!
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