black as thunder vs midnight

black as thunder

adj
  • Very black (especially of a mood, a frown, etc.). 

midnight

adj
  • Utterly dark or black. 

noun
  • Twelve o'clock at night exactly. 

  • Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”) 

  • The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise. 

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