red as a beetroot—
1. red in the face from feeling ashamed:
- If his friends talked about girls, he went as red as a beetroot.
2. sunburnt:
- After a day shooting around Sydney, they are as red as a beetroot! But if it was only the harsh sun that they had to counter, life would have been easy.
red as cherries—
1. said of rosy complexion (indicating good health):
- Today you see them [women] bouncing, red as cherries, and tomorrow they exhibit themselves effete as dead weeds….
2. said of flushed cheeks:
- My little brother, cheeks as red as cherries and eyes all a-glow, comes bursting in the house after a long day of sledding.
3. said of fresh red lips:
- She had long, lustrous, Japanese eyes, very quick and alert, lips as red as cherries and the most beautiful teeth in the world.