- as pure as driven snow
- innocent, pure and clean as is freshly fallen snow
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
as pure as driven snow
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pure as the driven snow — phrase completely pure, often used for suggesting the opposite I hardly think she was as pure as the driven snow. Thesaurus: morally good or correctsynonym Main entry: pure … Useful english dictionary
pure as the driven snow — completely pure, often used for suggesting the opposite I hardly think she was as pure as the driven snow … English dictionary
pure as the driven snow — adjective extremely pure; totally pure (typically pure in the sense of virtuous ). , Georgian … Wiktionary
as pure as the driven snow — Meaning Origin Shakespearian, although it doesn t appear in that form in any of his writing. Shakespeare used snow as a symbol for purity and whiteness in several plays. In The Winter s Tale Autolycus: Lawn as white as driven snow. In Macbeth… … Meaning and origin of phrases
as pure as the driven snow — as clean, pure, etc. as the driven ˈsnow f9 idiom extremely clean, pure, etc. Main entry: ↑snowidiom … Useful english dictionary
be as pure as the driven snow — to be morally good. How dare he criticize me for having an affair? He s not exactly as pure as the driven snow himself … New idioms dictionary
as clean as the driven snow — as clean, pure, etc. as the driven ˈsnow f9 idiom extremely clean, pure, etc. Main entry: ↑snowidiom … Useful english dictionary
pure — [adj1] unmixed, genuine authentic, bright, classic, clear, complete, fair, flawless, kosher*, limpid, lucid, natural, neat, out and out*, pellucid, perfect, plain, plenary, pure and simple, real, simple, straight, total, transparent, true, twenty … New thesaurus
as white as driven snow — very white; innocent, pure and clean as is freshly fallen snow … English contemporary dictionary
pure — W3S3 [pjuə US pjur] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not mixed)¦ 2¦(complete)¦ 3¦(clean)¦ 4 pure and simple 5¦(morally good)¦ 6¦(colour or sound)¦ 7¦(typical)¦ 8¦(breed/race)¦ 9¦(art or study)¦ 10 pure science/maths etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
