white as a ghost

white as a ghost
((as) white as a ghost (as a sheet, as ashes, as death или as the driven snow))
≈ бледный как полотно, смертельно бледный; см. тж. white as milk

Mr Creackle cuts a joke before he beats him, and we laugh at it - miserable little dogs, we laugh with our visages as white as ashes, and our hearts sinking into our boots. (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. VII) — Мистер Крикл, прежде чем прибить мальчугана, издевается над ним, а мы смеемся, несчастные собачонки, мы смеемся, бледные как полотно, и душа у нас уходит в пятки.

The effect on him was ghastly, he fell back in his chair and went as white as death. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Footprints in the Jungle’) — Принесенное мной известие потрясло Картрайта. Он откинулся на стуле и смертельно побледнел.

Come and lie down, anyway. You're as white as a ghost. (P. H. Johnson, ‘The Survival of the Fittest’, part IV, ch. X) — Пойди полежи. На тебе ведь лица нет.

He was as white as the driven snow; easy meat, I thought. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Day of the Sardine’, ch. X) — Второй парень побледнел. "Ну, с этим справиться - раз плюнуть", - подумал я.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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