to have swarthy skin
- Fuente de la expresión
- DUE
- Estructura completa
- (someone) to have swarthy skin
- Variantes
- to have a swarthy complexion
- Contexto
- Tolkien also looks unfavorably on the Southrons (or black men) in the legendarium, for they are in league with Sauron in the Second and Third Ages. In appearance, they have swarthy skin and black hair.
- Fuente del contexto
- Google Books
- Tipo de fuente
- Libro
- Autor
- Toby Widdicombe
- Título de la fuente
- J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed
- Año
- 2019
- Web
- https://books.google.es/books?id=bkKwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=%22have+swarthy+skin%22&source=bl&ots=qHC8AvVYR0&sig=ACfU3U1WSGEVMHHkj-MxSMajYRlSVkH0bA&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwia8Lfg0OTtAhXoEWMBHYCSD9I4ChDoATAAegQIBBAC#v=onepage&q=%22have%20swarthy%20skin%22&f=false
- Observaciones
- It is usually used to describe someone whose skin is weather beaten and darkened by the sun, or naturally has an olive complexion.
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- Sin definir
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente