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Question
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following categories.
Idioms with colours:
- as black as ______
- as white as ______
- as red as ______
- as blue as ______
- as green as ______
- as pink as ______
- as ______ as ______
- as ______ as ______
- as ______ as ______
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Solution
- as black as coal
- as white as snow
- as red as blood
- as blue as sky
- as green as an emerald
- as pink as a rose
- as yellow as gold
- as orange as a pumkin
- as brown as a coffee bean
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