Idiom
turn one's color
Meaning
To change color, especially to become pale or red in the face.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He turned his color when he saw the ghost.”
“She turned her color after hearing the shocking news about her lost luggage.”
“As the judge read the final verdict, the defendant turned his color, his face draining of all warmth and life.”
Examples
simple
“He turned his color when he saw the ghost.”
contextual
“She turned her color after hearing the shocking news about her lost luggage.”
complex
“As the judge read the final verdict, the defendant turned his color, his face draining of all warmth and life.”
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