Partie 7 : À propos de la langue anglaise

Chapitre 71 : Quelques comparaisons courantes


As... as, page 148

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As hungry as a wolf very hungry
As sick as a dog very sick
As quiet as a mouse very quiet
As happy as a lark very happy
As blind as a bat who can’t see well
As stubborn as a mule obstinate
As busy as a bee very busy
As snug as a bug in a rug warm and comfortable
As red as a beetroot very red
As white as snow white and beautiful
As white as a sheet pale from horror or fear
As thin as a rake very thin

Like, page 148

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to sleep like a log to sleep very well
to be like a bull in a china shop to be very clumsy
to eat like a bird to eat very little
to drink like a fish to drink a lot of alcoholic beverages
to know something like the back of one’s hand to know something very well
to work like a dream to work very well
to be like a cat on a hot tin roof to be jumpy and nervous

Collocations, page 148

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a birdbrain a stupid person
to have butter fingers to be very clumsy
to have an eagle eye to notice many things, even small details

Food for thought, page 149

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  1. Her elder son is the apple of her eye.
  2. You’ve broken another glass; you really have butter fingers!
  3. Over the last few years the popularity of the pro Europeans has been on a roller coaster.
  4. The ugly duckling eventually became a beautiful swan.
  5. That “birdbrain” just drove right through three rows of traffic lights and into a front garden.