brown as a berry
1brown as a berry — Someone who is very sun tanned is brown as a berry …
2brown as a berry — To say that someone is as brown as a berry means that they are very tanned. Judy came back from her holiday as brown as a berry …
3brown as a berry — (as) brown as a berry (of a person) very suntanned …
4be as brown as a berry — British & Australian if someone is as brown as a berry their skin has become much darker because of the effects of the sun. She s as brown as a berry after a month in Greece …
5(as) brown as a berry — very suntanned. → brown …
6Berry Pomeroy Castle — The gatehouse, curtain wall, and at the far right, in shadow, St. Margaret s Tower, with the Tudor mansion behind Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle, is near the village of Berry Pomeroy, in South Devon,… …
7Brown — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Brown >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 brown brown &c. >Adj. =>(Pigments) bister ocher sepia Vandyke brown PARAG:Brown >V GRP: V 1 Sgm: V 1 render brown render brown &c. >Adj …
8brown — brown1 [ braun ] adjective *** 1. ) something that is brown is the same color as wood or coffee: He had lovely brown eyes. The days were getting shorter and the leaves began to turn brown. 2. ) with darker skin than usual, after being in the sun… …
9brown — 1 /braUn/ adjective 1 having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee: I d like a pair of dark brown shoes please. | brown bread 2 having skin that has been turned brown by the sun: You re very brown have you been on vacation? | brown as a berry… …
10brown — /braʊn / (say brown) noun 1. a dark shade with yellowish or reddish hue. 2. a brown snake. 3. Obsolete, Colloquial a copper coin, especially a penny. –adjective 4. of the colour brown. 5. having skin of that colour. 6. sunburned or tanned. –verb… …
