Idiom
turn a number of shades of red
Meaning
To blush, especially out of embarrassment or shame.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He turned a number of shades of red when he tripped.”
“When the teacher read his private poem aloud, he turned a number of shades of red in front of the class.”
“Realizing that he had been caught in a blatant lie, the politician turned a number of shades of red while the cameras captured his visible discomfort.”
Examples
simple
“He turned a number of shades of red when he tripped.”
contextual
“When the teacher read his private poem aloud, he turned a number of shades of red in front of the class.”
complex
“Realizing that he had been caught in a blatant lie, the politician turned a number of shades of red while the cameras captured his visible discomfort.”
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