black as night イディオム
black as night
black as night Also,
black as coal or
pitch. Totally black; also, very dark. For example,
The well was black as night, or
She had eyes that were black as coal. These similes have survived while others—black as ink, a raven, thunder, hell, the devil, my hat, the minister's coat, the ace of spades—are seldom if ever heard today. Of the current objects of comparison,
pitch may be the oldest, so used in Homer's
Iliad (c. 850 B.C.), and
coal is mentioned in a Saxon manuscript from A.D. 1000. John Milton used
black as night in
Paradise Lost (1667).
(as) atramentous as night
Very aphotic or atramentous in color. A: "I can't accept that Grandma's beard acclimated to be atramentous as night." B: "Well, sure—you've alone anytime accepted her with gray hair."Learn more: black, nightblack as night
Also, black as atramentous or angle . Totally black; also, actual dark. For example, The able-bodied was atramentous as night, or She had eyes that were atramentous as coal. These similes accept survived while others-black as ink, a raven, thunder, hell, the devil, my hat, the minister's coat, the ace of spades-are hardly if anytime heard today. Of the accepted altar of comparison, pitch may be the oldest, so acclimated in Homer's Iliad (c. 850 b.c.), and coal is mentioned in a Saxon arrangement from a.d. 1000. John Milton acclimated black as night in Paradise Lost (1667). Learn more: black, night