to be as pale as death
- Fuente de la expresión
- The Free Dictionary
- Estructura completa
- to be as pale as death
- Variantes
- to be as pale as a ghost
- Contexto
- As Howell bent to take his first kiss that night, a rising wind went past, bringing from afar the roll of a drum, and as they talked the drum kept drawing nearer, until it seemed at hand. The officer peered across the wall, then hurried to his mistress' side, as pale as death. The fields outside were empty of life.
- Tipo de fuente
- book
- Autor
- Charles M. Skinner
- Título de la fuente
- Myths and Legens of our Land
- Año
- 2006
- Web
- Biblioteca Virtual Proyecto Gutenberg <http://www.gutenberg.org/>
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente