Meaning of turn a number of shades of red | Babel Free

Definitions

To blush, especially with embarrassment or shame

idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

“I must have turned 2 shades of red. Talk about embarrassed.”

“Tristan craned his neck, but not before Fred suddenly looked over at us, turned 17 shades of red and ducked behind a palm tree, busily arranging tortilla chips in little anally retentive rows.”

“To say that Midorima turned a billion shades of red would be an understatement.”

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