The cords on her long neck stood out and she turned almost purple in the face.
She'd tried to explain how advanced civilizations worked until she could feel herself turning blue in the face, and they still didn't understand!
He continued to dry himself off, rubbing first at one arm then another, careful not to turn and look his friend in the face.
"Oh, all right," he said, turning red in the face.
Scientists alive this day might turn black in the face and die of envy.
You could turn blue in the face trying to do that.
The Captain turned a little red in the face.
The Rowan turned bright red in the face of such open affection.
Pompey turned dull red in the face, but said nothing.
"As that failed, the child turned blue and purple in the face."