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как собака highly coll как + NP Invar adv (intensif)) (in refer, to a person) extremely, to a very high degreeX 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 horseX замёрз \С-442 - X is frozen throughX 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). -
2 как собака
• КАК СОБАКА highly coll[ как + NP; Invar; adv (intensif)]=====⇒ (in refer, to a person) extremely, to a very high degree:- 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
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livid — adjective 1) informal Mom was absolutely livid See furious 1) 2) a livid bruise Syn: purplish, bluish, dark, discolored, purple, grayish blue; bruised; angry, black and blue … Thesaurus of popular words
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