She suddenly went as pale as death and I thought she was going to faint. Oxford Dict. of current Id. English
His face as pale as death, and his lips trembling, he stammered out the dreadful news. Oxford Dict. of current Id. English
When Sappho looks at this friend, "her tongue will not move, a subtle fire burns under her skin, her eyes see no longer, her ears ring, she breaks into a sweat, she trembles, she is as pale as death which seem so near. Google