red as a beetroot - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
- (simile) Bright red in colour; used of the human face when a person is embarrassed.
Usage notes
- Also used in the comparative form: "Your face was redder than a beetroot".
Translations
being the colour of a beetroot
- Finnish: punainen kuin omena
- French: rouge comme une pivoine (fr)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: peonrød
- Polish: czerwony jak burak (pl)
- Russian: кра́сный как рак (krásnyj kak rak, literally “red as a crawfish”)