as red as a beetroot
Extremely crimson-faced condition
Flushed bright red in the face, typically from embarrassment, exertion, or heat.
The comparison is to the deep crimson of a cooked beetroot: She turned as red as a beetroot when he read her poem aloud.
More common in British than American English, where red as a beet is the usual form.
Reddened from emotion
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- scarletBright orangish-red color
- rosyPinkly warm or hopeful
- ruddyReddish in complexion
glowing · reddening · flush · blushing · cheeks · complexion · coloration · warmth
Intensely embarrassed
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
- ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
- abashedEmbarrassed and disconcerted
sheepish · self-conscious · chagrined · discomfited · awkward · disconcerted · red-faced · caught out
flushed
Reddened from emotion
ruddy · glowing · reddening · flush · blushing · cheeks · complexion · coloration · warmth · tint
mortified
Intensely embarrassed
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
- ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
abashed · sheepish · self-conscious · chagrined · discomfited · awkward · disconcerted · red-faced · caught out · exposed
as red as a beetrootpale as death
Extremely colorless, lifeless-looking
pallid · ashen · deathly pale · colorless · wan
as red as a beetrootcomposed
Calm and self-possessed
cool as a cucumber · unruffled · unflushed · calm · poker-faced
as red as a beetrootashen-faced
Pale from distress
green around the gills · cool as a cucumber · composed · unruffled · poker-faced
beetroot, beet, root, redden, reddish, redder, reddest, redness, rooted