red as a beetroot

English

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Adjective

red as a beetroot

1. (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”)