Meaning of 'turn chalk white'

[shraddha thorat]

Hi,

I came across these words in a book and could not find its meaning..
Pls tell me the same..

[rusalka]

That means to become very pale.

The chalk is what you use in school to write on a blackboard, which is, as you know, glaring white.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by rusalka

That means to become very pale.

The chalk is what you use in school to write on a blackboard, which is, as you know, glaring white.

It would have been easier to make sense of if it had had the hyphen - chalk-white; that makes it clear that "turn" means "become".

Without the hyphen, I understood "turn" in the sense of "transform". In that sense, to turn chalk white would make sense if the chalk was red to start with!



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[shraddha thorat]

thanks for the help :)

[shraddha thorat]

Thanks for the help :)