Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Sky-blue

Milk and water, the colour of the skies.

Its name derision and reproach pursue,
And strangers tell of three times skimmed sky-blue.

Bloomfield: Farmer's Boy.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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