"pale as death" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pale as death (not comparable)
  1. (simile) extremely pale Tags: not-comparable Translations (extremely pale): kuolonkalpea (Finnish), halotthalvány (Hungarian)
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