black as night |
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| Lexical unit types: | simile |
| Topics: | describing things, people: appearance |
| Source domains: | colour, light and darkness |
| Particles: | - |
| Similes: | as |
| Verbs: | - |
| CEFR Levels: | - | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | white as snow | Definition: | completely black; totally without light or colour Also: dark as night | Examples: |
His eyes are black as night. Her hair was black as night. The street was black as night. On this winter day it was almost as dark as night.
Croatian: crn kao noć/ugljen |
Motivation: |
Slične leksičke jedinice: sharp as a knife, the mouth of a river, the head of a table, slow as a snail, different as night and day, clear as crystal, clear as a bell, the head of a page, clear as day, the neck of a bottle/guitar, red as blood, the heart of a city, the hands of a clock, white as snow, the mouth of a tunnel/cave, the legs of a chair/table, the foot of a hill, the foot of a page, easy as pie, cold as ice, healthy as a horse, strong as an ox, fresh as a daisy, blind as a bat, from head to toe, white as a sheet, pretty as a picture, smile from ear to ear