(as) black as the ace of spades
(as) black as the ace of spades
Completely black; totally without light or color. ("Spades" is a black suit in a deck of cards.) The basement gives me the creeps, it's as black as the ace of spades down there!
See also: ace, black, of, spade
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- spade
- minister
- (as) black as the minister's coat
- (as) black as ink
- 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