eyes wide and (faces) white as ghosts

[diamondcutter]

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies--two in the front seat and three in the back--eyes wide and white as ghosts.
https://www.mr-funny.com/funny-joke...oke-an-old-lady-gets-her-road-signs-confused/


I think the word ‘faces’ are omitted before the word ‘white’. Am I right? If so, what do you think of the ellipsis? Good or not good?

 

[Rover_KE]

You could add faces before white but it's not essential. I'd also add 'open' after 'wide'.

(That joke made me laugh out loud. :loling

 

[GoesStation]

I think the word ‘faces’ [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] is omitted before the word ‘white’.

See above.

 

[diamondcutter]

Thanks, Rover and GoesStation.

See above.

Hi, GoesStation. Do you mean the original sentence can be reworded as this?

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies--two in the front seat and three in the back--eyes wide and face white as ghosts.

 

[GoesStation]

I think the word ‘faces’ [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] is omitted before the word ‘white’.

See above.

Hi, GoesStation. Do you mean the original sentence can be reworded [STRIKE]as[/STRIKE] like this?

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies--two in the front seat and three in the back--eyes wide and faces white as ghosts.

No. "See above" means "Look at the text just above this line." I changed "are" to "is" when I quoted your post because the subject of your sentence was "the word ‘faces’", which is singular. You can tell it's singular because it begins "the word"; that phrase can only refer to a single word.