know the ropes (verb) know the ropes: understand the particulars of a situation
Sinonime: Siberian, algid, arctic, below freezing, below zero, benumbed,
biting,
bitter, blasting,
bleak, boreal,
brisk, brumal,
chill*, chilled,
chilly,
cool*,
crisp,
cutting,
frigid, frore, frosty,
frozen, gelid, glacial, have goose bumps, hawkish, hiemal, hyperborean, icebox, iced,
icy*, inclement,
intense,
keen, nipping, nippy, numbed, numbing, one-dog night,
penetrating,
piercing, polar,
raw, rimy,
severe,
sharp, sleety, snappy, snowy, stinging, two-dog night, wintry