Laura came into the room, as pale as a ghost. “What happened?” her friends gasped.
•What's the matter? You're pale as death!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
ghost — noun VERB + GHOST ▪ see ▪ You look as if you ve seen a ghost! ▪ believe in ▪ I don t believe in ghosts. ▪ conjure, invoke … Collocations dictionary
pale — I adj 1. colorless, hueless, toneless, uncol ored, achromic, achromous, achromatic; drab, dreary, flat, mat, lusterless, lackluster; bleached, blanched, washed out, etiolated; wan, pallid, Obs. blate, pale faced, anemic, sickly; waxen, sallow,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Ghost Train (2006 film) — Ghost Train Directed by Takeshi Furusawa Written by Takeshi Furusawa Erika Tanaka … Wikipedia
Pale — (p[=a]l), a. [Compar. {Paler} (p[=a]l [ e]r); superl. {Palest}.] [F. p[^a]le, fr. p[^a]lir to turn pale, L. pallere to be or look pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Fallow}, {pall}, v. i., {Pallid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pale — adj 1 Pale, pallid, ashen, ashy, wan, livid mean devoid of natural or healthy color as applied to a complexion or deficient in vividness or intensity of hue as applied to a specific color. Pale is the least rich of these words in implications and … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ghost — [gōst] n. [altered (prob. after Fl gheest) < ME goste < OE gast, soul, spirit, demon, akin to Ger geist < IE base * gheizd , to be excited, frightened > Sans hēḋ , to be angry] 1. the spirit or soul: now only in give up the ghost (to… … English World dictionary
ghost´li|ness — ghost|ly «GOHST lee», adjective, li|er, li|est. 1. like a ghost; pale, dim, and shadowy: »A ghostly form walked across the stage. SYNONYM(S): spectral … Useful english dictionary
ghost|ly — «GOHST lee», adjective, li|er, li|est. 1. like a ghost; pale, dim, and shadowy: »A ghostly form walked across the stage. SYNONYM(S): spectral … Useful english dictionary
Pale Fire — Infobox Book name = Pale Fire image caption = First US edition of Pale Fire author = Vladimir Nabokov country = United States language = English genre = publisher = G. P. Putnam s Sons release date = 1962 (corrected edition first published by… … Wikipedia
Pale ghost shark — Taxobox name = Pale ghost shark image caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Holocephali ordo = Chimaeriformes familia = Chimaeridae genus = Hydrolagus species = H. bemisi… … Wikipedia
Ghost bike — A ghost bike or ghostcycle is a bicycle set up in a place where a cyclist has been hurt or killed as a memorial to the injured or fallen rider and as a reminder to passing motorists to share the road. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/235063… … Wikipedia
