to be as pale as a ghost
- Fuente de la expresión
- DUE
- Estructura completa
- (Someone) to be as pale as a ghost
- Variantes
- To be pale as a ghost
- Contexto
- It was wonderful to see him addressing the nation via video yesterday afternoon – but he was as pale as a ghost and you could tell that the very act of speaking was tiring him out. Make no mistake, this is a man who has stood at death's door.
- Fuente del contexto
- Daily Mail
- Tipo de fuente
- Periódico
- Autor
- Sarah Vine
- Título de la fuente
- Boris Johnson is as pale as a ghost. Now it's vital that he rests to recover from his coronavirus ordeal.
- Año
- 2020
- Web
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8212799/SARAH-VINE-Boris-Johnson-pale-ghost.html
- Observaciones
- Normally associated with being unhealthy or sickly.
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- Sin definir
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente