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Definition and synonyms of (as) white as a sheet from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of (as) white as a sheet.View American English definition of (as) white as a sheet. Change your default dictionary to American English. See also main entry: whiteSee also main entry: white ThesaurusTrending Wordsblue movie -7.0% jazzy -40.5% for 5.5% put off 7.1% take on 3.4% Discover Synonyms of the monthgift
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FOLLOW US Twitter Facebook Join Macmillan Dictionary on Twitter and Facebook for daily word facts, quizzes and language news. © Macmillan Education Limited 2009–2022 What does the term white sheets mean?or as white as a sheet. phrase. If someone looks white as a sheet or as white as a sheet, they look very frightened, shocked, or ill. He appeared in the doorway, white as a sheet, eyes wide with horror.
Where does the saying white as a sheet come from?Pale in the face. This simile dates from Shakespeare's time; he wrote, “And whiter than the sheets!” in Cymbeline (2.2). The term was repeated by Henry Fielding, Frederick Marryat, Artemus Ward, and Thomas Hardy, among many others, and remains current.
What is the simile for as white as a sheet?List of AS... AS Similes. What does the phrase white as snow mean?Meaning: If something or someone is as white as snow, they are perfect or completely uncorrupted and honest.
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