ANSWERS: 3
-
Sheets are white, often.
-
The earliest written evidence of this saying dates from the 1600. When a person is frightened, or sick, the blood drains from their face, leaving them looking very white. Since the whitest things in those days were sheets, the simile was a natural one to make.
-
um... pretty obvious. Someone's face went pale, and someone else noticed, "hey, your face is as almost as white as this sheet." thus, the saying was born.
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC