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brown as a berry en · ADJ
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(not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very brown.
On Monday, July 14, Jack comes into the office as brown as a berry, blue eyes flashing in his sun-tanned face. He looks delicious.
1980 August 30, Nancy Walker, “My Boss Comes Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 7:All through that summer Heidi went up to the pasture every day with Peter and the goats, and grew brown as a berry in the mountain sunshine.
1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 39: