pure as the driven snow
Morally unsullied, chaste, as in She's just sixteen and pure as the driven snow. This simile dates from the late 1500s, although driven, which means “carried by the wind into drifts,” was occasionally omitted. It is heard less often today.
Words Nearby pure as the driven snow
- purdah
- purdonium
- Purdy
- pure
- pure and simple
- pure as the driven snow
- pureblood
- purebred
- pure culture
- pure democracy
- purée
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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