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

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