(as) pale as death
(as) pale as death
Exceptionally pale, as due to nausea or fear. I get terrible motion sickness, so I'm sure I was as pale as a death when I stumbled off the plane. She was pale as a death after that car nearly ran into her on the sidewalk.
See also: death, pale
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (as) pale as a ghost
- pale
- pale as a ghost
- pale around the gills
- white around the gills
- be beyond the pale
- beyond the pale
- death
- (as) white as a sheet
- white as a sheet