8 марта 2012
Idioms based on comparison
Идиомы, основанные на сравнении, иногда встречаются в олимпиадных заданиях среднего звена. Да и в учебниках также можно столкнуться с подобными забавными фразами, зачастую имеющими совершенно иное значение, чем входящие в их состав слова. Предлагаю ряд идиом (Е. Карневская, И. Раковская, стр. 110-111 «Start building up your English vocabulary», Минск, 1996) и небольшое упражнение на закрепление.
as blind as a bat | совершенно слепой |
as bold as brass | наглый, дерзкий |
as brown as a berry | загорелый |
as busy as a bee | очень занятой |
as cheerful as a lark | очень веселый, жизнерадостный |
as clear as mud | совершенно неясно, дело темное |
as cool as a cucumber | невозмутимый, спокойный, хладнокровный |
as cunning as a fox | хитрый, как лиса |
as dead as a doornail | без каких-либо признаков жизни |
as deaf as a post | глухая тетеря |
as different as chalk from cheese | совершенно непохожий, ничего общего |
as drunk as a lord | пьян, как стелька |
as fit as a fiddle | совершенно здоров; в прекрасном настроении, как нельзя лучше |
as flat as a pancake | совершенно плоский |
as fresh as a daisy | бодрый, свежий, совершенно не уставший |
as good as gold | очень хороший, послушный, “золотой” |
as hard as nails | закаленный; очень сильный |
as heavy as lead | тяжелый, как свинец |
as keen as mustard | энтузиаст своего дела |
as light as a feather | легкий, как перо |
as like as two peas | похожий, как две капли |
as mad as a hatter | совсем сумасшедший, спятивший |
as old as hills | старо, как мир |
as plain as daylight | ясно, как день |
as poor as a church mouse | бедный, как церковная мышь |
as pretty as a picture | очень красивая |
as regular as clockwork | с точностью часового механизма |
as silent as the grave | безмолвный, молчаливо хранящий тайну |
as warm as a toast | очень теплый, согревшийся |
as clear as a bell | ясно слышимый, отчетливый |
as steady as a rock | твердый, как скала |
Now make the idioms complete:
as blind as | a bee |
as bold as | mustard |
as brown as | a bat |
as busy as | a hatter |
as cheerful as | a church mouse |
as clear as | a daisy |
as cool as | brass |
as cunning as | a feather |
as dead as | a berry |
as deaf as | lead |
as different as | a toast |
as drunk | a bell |
as fit as | the grave |
as flat as | a post |
as fresh as | a lark |
as good as | a cucumber |
as hard as | chalk from cheese |
as heavy as | a fox |
as keen as | a picture |
as light as | a rock |
as like as | a fiddle |
as mad as | mud |
as old as | two peas |
as plain as | nails |
as poor as | gold |
as pretty as | a doornail |
as regular as | a lord |
as silent as | daylight |
as warm as | clockwork |
as clear as | a pancake |
as steady as | hills |