📜 «peaches and cream»
Also known as: blood and milk, the picture of health
Said of a healthy, rosy-cheeked person.
«Peaches and cream» is a set phrase for a healthy person with a fresh, rosy complexion. “Blood with milk” is said of a healthy, rosy-cheeked person with a fresh face. It is close to the English “peaches and cream”. It is most often praise for young people, a girl or a young man. The phrase is approving and informal.
The image is easy to see: skin as white as milk and a bright flush as red as blood. Together they made a picture of health and strength. In the old days this look was thought beautiful. The phrase appears in 19th-century literature. For example, the poet Nikolai Yazykov describes a princess as “blood with milk”. Dostoevsky uses it too.
A phrase with a similar meaning is “glowing with health”. The opposite is “sickly” or “pale”. People still say it today, but it sounds a little old-fashioned. It is used more often as a joke or in books. It describes a person, not a thing: “the girl is blood with milk”.
How it connects to milk
📜 «peaches and cream» → image → 🥛 Milk
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- 🥛 Milk, 🧑 Human
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- 📜 Milk in culture and language
Frequently asked questions
What does “blood with milk” mean?
It is said of a healthy, rosy-cheeked person with a fresh complexion.
Where does the expression “blood with milk” come from?
In the old days, skin as white as milk and a bright flush as red as blood were seen as signs of health and beauty.
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