Meanings
adjectivebrown as a berry (not comparable)
- not comparablesimileVery brown.
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.
1980 August 30, Nancy Walker, “My Boss Comes Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 71 more example
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.
1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 39
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