Sei bianca come un cencio.

English Translation

You are as white as a sheet.

As white as a rag in Italian. I don’t tend to think of rags as being white!

According to WordReference, the phrase can also mean “white like snow”.

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Sono d’accordo. The ones I keep in my cupboard-sotto-il sink are più grigio che bianca;-( Perhaps I should get them out more often, purtroppo non mi piacciono i lavori di casa;-)

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