B1 — Intermediate🎨 Colors
Giallo come la cera
As yellow as wax / very pale
Literal Translation
"Yellow like wax"
What it means
To have a very pale or sickly yellow complexion, usually from illness.
Example in context
"Dopo la malattia era giallo come la cera."
"After the illness he was as yellow as wax."
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