(as) black as a sweep
(as) black as a sweep
Completely black; totally without light or color. "Sweep" is short for "chimney sweep," someone who cleans soot from chimneys. The basement gives me the creeps. It's as black as a sweep down there!
See also: black, sweep
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (as) black as the minister's coat
- minister
- ink
- (as) black as ink
- (as) black as a stack of black cats
- (as) black as a raven's feather
- (as) black as a skillet
- (as) black as coal
- black as a skillet
- (as) black as (one's) hat