a killing 'frost' [=weather that is so cold that the frost kills plants]
These plants should bloom until the first 'frost' of the season.
I have to 'frost' the birthday cake.
(..) - Death favors no man. We must ride, like thundering waves under battle flag of my father. You must rest. We have rested long enough. Frost to fire, fire to frost. Iron will melt. But it will writhe inside of itself. All these years, all I've known is darkness. But I have never seen a brighter (..)2012 Snow White and the Huntsman