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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.

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Sorry for the mix-up. I know a little Russian, so I can puzzle out a few words in other Slavic languages as well (Czech, BCS, etc). I'd still love to see the original saying.

I know that in Russian, красный came to mean "red" as well as the original Slavic "beautiful", so the positive association sort-of tracks.