This is not an idiom - it means exactly what it says. When you see the words AS ___ AS ___ then you are dealing with A Simile - this one is comparing something white to the white color of a sheep.
This expression means real and simple.
A white elephant means 'something useless and expensive to keep'
A black sheep is a person who is different from everybody else. Most sheep are white (or as white as an animal can be out in a field). If one person acts differently from the way everybody else does, or if they act differently from the cultural norm, they are a black sheep. Usually used when comparing members of the newest generation of a family, especially the sons.
Black sheep eat the same amount of grass as white sheep.
If it is a white sheep it will have white legs but if it is a brown or black sheep it will have brown or black legs
Because white is the most common color of sheep.
That would be because there are more white sheep than black sheep in Australia.
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He is a White Horned Sheep
sheep dogs are black and white
Columbian Sheep is a breed of sheep. They are a larger framed white face sheep.
Let's denote the number of white sheep as W and the number of black sheep as B. We are given that 2 out of 5 sheep are white, so W = 2/5(W + B). We are also told that there are 8 more black sheep than white sheep, so B = W + 8. By substituting the second equation into the first equation, we can solve for the total number of sheep in the flock.