red as blood |
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| Lexical unit types: | simile |
| Topics: | describing things, people: appearance |
| Source domains: | colour |
| Particles: | - |
| Similes: | as |
| Verbs: | - |
| CEFR Levels: | - | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | - | Definition: | of a deep-red color | Examples: |
Snow White has skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood. Jill looked at ther glass, the wine was red as blood.
Croatian: crven kao krv |
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, 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, black as night, 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