GR translation: 39 degrees of frost

[Jed Kelestron]

On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:

> I'd think it means minus 7 degrees Fahrenheit.  Freezing being 32.
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Paul is correct:

Idiom:  degree of frost, British . the degree of temperature
Fahrenheit below the freezing point: 10 degrees of frost is equivalent
to 22°F.   http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/frost