"white as a sheet" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-white as a sheet.ogg
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  1. (simile, said of a human's complexion) Very white or pale, as if suffering from shock. Synonyms: pale as a ghost Translations (pale as if suffering from shock): 蒼白如紙 (Chinese Mandarin), 苍白如纸 (cāngbái rú zhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), spierwit (Dutch), lijkbleek (Dutch), kalpea kuin lakana (Finnish), blanc comme un linge (French), blanc de peur (French), kreidebleich (German), fehér, mint a fal (Hungarian), hvit som et laken (Norwegian Bokmål), kvit som eit laken (Norwegian Nynorsk), biały jak papier [masculine] (Polish), бе́лый, как мел (bélyj, kak mel) (english: white as chalk) (Russian), blanco como el papel (Spanish), blanco como la cera (Spanish), blanco como la pared (Spanish), vit som ett lakan (Swedish), పాలిపోవుట (pālipōvuṭa) (Telugu)
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