white as a sheet

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Adjective

(as) white as a sheet

(simile, said of a human's complexion) Very white or pale, as if suffering from shock.

Translations

pale as if suffering from shock

Dutch: spierwit (nl), lijkbleek (nl)
Finnish: kalpea kuin lakana
French: blanc comme un linge (fr), blanc de peur (fr)
German: kreidebleich (de)
Hungarian: fehér, mint a fal (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hvit som et laken

Nynorsk: kvit som eit laken

Polish: biały jak papier m
Russian: бе́лый, как мел (bélyj, kak mel) (white as chalk)
Spanish: blanco como el papel, blanco como la cera, blanco como la pared
Telugu: పాలిపోవుట (pālipōvuṭa)

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