brown as a berry
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- (simile) Very brown.
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 39:
- All through that summer Heidi went up to the pasture every day with Peter and the goats, and grew brown as a berry in the mountain sunshine.
- 1980 August 30, Nancy Walker, “My Boss Comes Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 7:
- On Monday, July 14, Jack comes into the office as brown as a berry, blue eyes flashing in his sun-tanned face. He looks delicious.