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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). -
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• 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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( на кого)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.
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could eat a horse — If you are very hungry, you could eat a horse … The small dictionary of idiomes
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Could eat a horse — If you are very hungry, you could eat a horse … Dictionary of English idioms
eat a horse — see ↑horse, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑eat eat a horse informal ◇ Someone who is very hungry can be described as being hungry enough to eat a horse. I didn t eat today and now I m so hungry I could eat a horse. • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
I could eat a horse — phrase used for saying that you are very hungry Thesaurus: hunger and hungrysynonym Main entry: horse * * * I could eat a ˈhorse idiom (informal) … Useful english dictionary
I could eat a horse. — something that you say when you are very hungry. I ve had nothing but a sandwich all day I could eat a horse … New idioms dictionary
eat\ a\ horse\ and\ chase\ the\ ride — Quite hungry. Heard in Australia, but may be used elsewhere. I m so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the rider … Dictionary of american slang
eat\ a\ horse\ and\ chase\ the\ ride — Quite hungry. Heard in Australia, but may be used elsewhere. I m so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the rider … Dictionary of american slang
Could eat a horse if you took its shoes off — be very hungry … Dictionary of Australian slang
could eat a horse if you took its shoes off — Australian Slang be very hungry … English dialects glossary
eat a horse — If you say that you could eat a horse you mean that you are very hungry. Let s get something to eat. I m starving. I could eat a horse! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
