Pale

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What is a metaphor for pale skin?

Her face was pale, as if life had frightened her once or twice. Her face was pale, as if one foot were in the grave already. Her skin was as pale as a winter storm. Her skin was as ice, and her gaze as a winter storm.

What is as pale as?

Exceptionally pale, as due to nausea or fear. She was pale as a death after that car nearly ran into her on the sidewalk.

What’s really pale?

Paleness, also known as pale complexion or pallor, is an unusual lightness of skin color compared with your normal complexion. Paleness may be caused by reduced blood flow and oxygen or by a decreased number of red blood cells. It can occur all over your skin or appear more localized.

What is skin a metaphor for?

The health of the skin, not just its appearance, is an important metaphor for the health of one’s boundary between self and other. Truly healthy skin acts as a membrane that lets the appropriate things in and keeps the inappropriate things out, on all levels.

How do you say white skin?

lighter

1. bleached.
2. faded.
3. fair-skinned.
4. light-hued.
5. light-skinned.
6. light-toned.
7. pale.
8. pastel.

What is the meaning of as white as?

If someone is (as) white as a sheet, their face is very pale, usually because of illness, shock, or fear. The skin, & skin colour. ashy. beauty spot.

What is the simile of as black as?

Also, black as coal or pitch. For example, The well was black as night, or She had eyes that were black as coal. These similes have survived while others-black as ink, a raven, thunder, hell, the devil, my hat, the minister’s coat, the ace of spades-are seldom if ever heard today.

What is as white as snow?

Meaning: If something or someone is as white as snow, they are perfect or completely uncorrupted and honest.

Is pale as a ghost an idiom?

Exceptionally pale, as due to nausea or fear. I get terrible motion sickness, so I’m sure I was as pale as a ghost when I stumbled off the plane. She was pale as a ghost after that car nearly ran into her on the sidewalk.

What is an example of a simile?

Many commonly used expressions (idioms) are similes. For example, when someone says “He is as busy as a bee,” it means he is working hard, as bees are known to be extremely busy. If someone says “I am as snug as a bug in a rug,” they mean that they feel very comfortable and cozy or are tucked up tight in bed.

What are the signs of pale skin?

Paleness of the skin refers to an abnormal lightening of the skin or mucous membranes. Pale skin may be generalized (occurring all over the body) or localized to one area. It is often accompanied by paleness or pallor in the linings of the eyes, inside of the mouth, and on the surface of the tongue.

Is being pale beautiful?

Paleness was seen as a marker of beauty but also, for some, as an indication of character. Aristotle’s Physiognomy relates that “a vivid complexion shows heat and warm blood, but a pink-and-white complexion proves a good disposition.” More than character, however, pale skin was a marker of social status and class.

Is pale a color?

A pale color is a color that is whitish to the point of being almost colorless. Each pale color corresponds to a hue that has been heavily tinted with white.