to have a high colour
- Fuente de la expresión
- DUE
- Estructura completa
- (someone) to have a high colour
- Variantes
- to have a florid face
- Contexto
- History of present illness. -Has always had a high colour, but nearly two years ago he first began to experience attacks of intense flushing, involving the face, trunk and legs. They are not associated with sweating, feeling hot, or with irritation of
the skin, but are often accompanied by palpitations. During the attacks his skin is either a vivid scarlet all over, or mottled with white areas in between the red patches. The attacks bear a definite relationship to meals, often beginning before he has finished eating, and lasting half to three-quarters of an hour.
- Fuente del contexto
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Tipo de fuente
- Revista
- Autor
- Maurice Cassidy, C.B., M.D.
- Título de la fuente
- Abdominal Carcinomatosis associated with Vasomotor Disturbances
- Año
- 1934
- Web
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591573402700315
- Observaciones
- It is a somewhat archaic way of describing the complexion of a middle aged man with Northern European ancestry who has a pinkish red complexion. Not sunburn, but just naturally red. There is an implication that they have that red face due to enjoying a bit of alcohol on a regular basis, as broken veins are one of the reasons the face might be red. Can also be used to describe other people from different ages and both sexes.
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- Dialectal Only United Kingdom
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente