Winter Vocabulary and Idioms in English

Question 1

black ice

Answer 1

a very thing coating of ice and snow found on roads and sidewalks that is difficult to see and therefore quite dangerous (Irina said that black ice on her street caused 3 car accidents.)

Question 2

cold snap

Answer 2

a sudden arrival of cold weather (Emily wasn’t prepared for the cold snap - all of her coats were still in storage.)

Question 3

to hibernate

Answer 3

to sleep through winter in order to reserve energy (Whenever December arrives i just want to hibernate like a bear until spring.)

Question 4

snow drift

Answer 4

a deep pile of snow that builds up because of wind (I couldn’t see my car because of the snow drift outside of the window.)

Question 5

a pile of something

Answer 5

a lot of something (We’ve had piles of letters from viewers.)

Question 6

to be snowbound

Answer 6

to be stranded or unable to leave a place because of heavy snowfall (We were snowbound at the ski chalet for the whole weekend.)

Question 7

chalet

Answer 7

a house with steep slope roof especially in mountains, a small house (BE)

Question 8

whiteout

Answer 8

to be unable to tell the difference between things because of an overabundance of snow (After the whiteout looking outside was like looking at a sheet of paper.)

Question 9

snowball’s chance in hell (idiom)

Answer 9

to be very unlikely to succeed at something

ex: The small boat had a snowball’s chance in hell of surviving the storm.

Question 10

dead of winter

Answer 10

the coldest darkest part of winter ( It feels like the dead of winter out there.)

Question 11

a mild winter

Answer 11

not very cold

Question 12

a harsh winter

Answer 12

very cold

Question 13

snow flurries

Answer 13

a little bit of snow falling

Question 14

a blizzard

Answer 14

a big snow storm

Question 15

bundling up

Answer 15

putting on a lot warm clothes