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Nice saying! What is it in Danish? I can sometimes puzzle out a few words because I've studied germanic philology (though not modern Scandinavian languages).

Also interesting because we take red as a sign of *bad* health in English, in line with with the old Latin medical diagnostic checklist "rubor, calor, dolor" (redness, heat, pain).

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Ha, ha , nope, my native language is Slavic - that is why my English is so "off" XP. I never got a hang of it completely, accent is there too *ughhh, but my English is much , MUCH better than Melania's, that is for sure XP ahahaaaa. The red description comes from "a blush" hue that healthy, non anemic , "autdoorsy" people get after vigorous activity 😉 which is in that region considered just perfect ;). I personally inherited very pale skin from paternal Germanic line that burns even under umbrella and was teased to no end as a child. On top of it I was anemic also, so yeah, "you are white as a cheese", or "you are pale as a ghost" were regular "insults". Only when I came to the States I started getting endless compliments about my skin that was suddenly "like porcelain" ha ha ha- talking about relativity of beauty standards.