in hard (/severe)winter; in the dead (/teeth) of winter; in mid winter ❍ 听了妈妈的这几句话，象～里几口开水进了肚，欧阳海觉得周身热呼呼的。(金敬迈《欧阳海之歌》91) His mother’s words warmed Hai like a drink of hot water in the dead of winter./“～的，我们受不了呵！”有人在小声嘀咕。(金敬迈《欧阳海之歌》35)“It’s the middle of winter，”a man said in a low woice. “We’ll freeze up there.”
寒冬腊月han dong la yue
severe winter
寒冬腊月
severe winter;freezing winter; dead of winter
寒冬腊月hán dōnɡ là yuè
比喻严寒冬天。severe winter, in the teeth of winter, dead of winter