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X is hungry as a wolf (a bear)

  • 1 голодный как волк

    голодный как волк (как зверь, как собака)
    разг.
    as hungry as a wolf (a bear, a hawk, a hunter); ravenously hungry

    - Придёт Иван Ильич, голодный, как зверь. И красавица-жена подаст ему сковороду, на ней сало шипит как бешеное. (А. Толстой, Хождение по мукам) — 'Ivan Ilyich will arrive as hungry as a wolf. And his lovely wife will hand him a frying pan with the lard hissing in it like mad.'

    Грач, выспавшись, проснулся голодный, как волк... Ему так неистово хотелось есть, что казалось даже: не поев, он не в состоянии будет двинуться с места. (С. Мстиславский, Грач - птица весенняя) — Bauman woke up refreshed but ravenously hungry... He felt he would be in no condition to move on if he had nothing to eat.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > голодный как волк

  • 2 С-442

    как собака highly coll как + NP Invar adv (intensif)) (in refer, to a person) extremely, to a very high degree
    X устал - = X is dog-tired (dog weary, dead tired)
    X голоден (проголодался) \С-442 = X is hungry as a wolf (a bear)
    X is so hungry he could eat a horse
    X замёрз \С-442 - X is frozen through
    X is chilled to the bone (to the marrow)
    X зол - = X is mad as hell (as the dickens, as the devil)
    X Is absolutely livid X is fuming (furious).
    Я пришла с работы усталая как собака. Мальчишки - ну, конечно! - играли в шахматы. Это какая-то мужская болезнь. Я сказала: «...Опять эти дурацкие шахматы. До каких пор?» (Грекова 1). I came home (from work) dog-tired. The boys, of course, were playing chess. Seems to be some kind of male disease. "...Again those stupid chess pieces! How long is this going to go on?" (1a).
    Он был голоден как собака - с утра ничего не ел (Абрамов 1)....Не was as hungry as a wolf, having eaten nothing all day (1a).
    Было поздно. Метро уже не работало. И мы с Тамарой полчаса ловили такси... Тамара была злая как собака (Зиновьев 2). It was late and the metro was no longer running. It took Tamara and me half an hour to get a taxi....Tamara was absolutely livid (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-442

  • 3 как собака

    КАК СОБАКА highly coll
    [ как + NP; Invar; adv (intensif)]
    =====
    (in refer, to a person) extremely, to a very high degree:
    - X устал как собака X is dog-tired (dog weary, dead tired);
    || X зол как собака X is mad as hell (as the dickens, as the devil);
    - X is fuming (furious).
         ♦ Я пришла с работы усталая как собака. Мальчишки - ну, конечно! - играли в шахматы. Это какая-то мужская болезнь. Я сказала: "...Опять эти дурацкие шахматы. До каких пор?" (Грекова 1). I came home [from work] dog-tired. The boys, of course, were playing chess. Seems to be some kind of male disease. "...Again those stupid chess pieces! How long is this going to go on?" (1a).
         ♦ Он был голоден как собака - с утра ничего не ел (Абрамов 1)....He was as hungry as a wolf, having eaten nothing all day (1a).
         ♦ Было поздно. Метро уже не работало. И мы с Тамарой полчаса ловили такси... Тамара была злая как собака (Зиновьев 2). It was late and the metro was no longer running. It took Tamara and me half an hour to get a taxi....Tamara was absolutely livid (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как собака

  • 4 В-225

    КАК ВОЛК голоден coll как + NP nom only modif (intensif)) very (hungry): (hungry) as a wolf (a bear).
    «Разве что на дороге случилось?» - «Ничего не случилось... так, замешкались немного. Зато мы теперь голодны как волки» (Тургенев 2). "Did anything happen on the road?" "Nothing happened...we were rather slow. But we're as hungry as wolves now" (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-225

  • 5 голодный как волк

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > голодный как волк

  • 6 как волк

    [ как + NP; nom only; modif (intensif)]
    =====
    very (hungry):
    - (hungry) as a wolf < a bear>.
         ♦ "Разве что на дороге случилось?" - "Ничего не случилось... так, замешкались немного. Зато мы теперь голодны как волки" (Тургенев 2). "Did anything happen on the road?" "Nothing happened...we were rather slow. But we're as hungry as wolves now" (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как волк

  • 7 едун напал

    разг., шутл.
    one is hungry as a bear (hawk, hunter, wolf); cf. one could eat a bear (a horse)

    После водки на меня и Холина, как говорится, "едун напал" - мы энергично работали челюстями. (В. Богомолов, Иван) — Stimulated by the vodka Kholin and I could eat a bear and were having a good tuck in.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > едун напал

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