As white as a sheet

As white as a sheet
• As white as a sheet [a ghost, ashes death] Белый как мел [полотно]

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  • white as a sheet — A bad shock can make somebody go as white as a sheet …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • white as a sheet —    A bad shock can make somebody go as white as a sheet.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • White as a sheet —   A bad shock can make somebody go as white as a sheet …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • (as) white as a sheet — phrase extremely pale Thesaurus: looking unhealthy or illsynonym words used to describe skin colourhyponym feeling, looking and being healthysynonym Main entry: white …   Useful english dictionary

  • white as a sheet — adjective Very white or pale, as if suffering from shock …   Wiktionary

  • be as white as a sheet — to be very pale, usually because you are frightened or ill. She was trembling all over and as white as a sheet …   New idioms dictionary

  • sheet — W2S2 [ʃi:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for a bed)¦ 2¦(paper)¦ 3¦(thin flat piece)¦ 4¦(large flat area)¦ 5¦(of rain/fire)¦ 6¦(on a ship)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: scyte] 1.) ¦(FO …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • as white as a sheet — very pale, ashen, pallid, wan …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sheet — noun 1 large piece of fabric used on a bed ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, crisp, fresh ▪ a pile of clean sheets ▪ crumpled, rumpled (esp. AmE) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • white — [[t](h)wa͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ whiter, whitest, whites 1) COLOUR Something that is white is the colour of snow or milk. to bleed someone white → see bleed He had nice square white teeth... Issa s white beach hat gleamed in the harsh lights …   English dictionary

  • sheet — [[t]ʃi͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ sheets 1) N COUNT A sheet is a large rectangular piece of cotton or other cloth that you sleep on or cover yourself with in a bed. Once a week, a maid changes the sheets. ...the luxury of silk sheets. 2) N COUNT A sheet of… …   English dictionary


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