английские пословицы
учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 класс)

As cool as a cucumber – в ус не дует

As clean as a whistle – без сучка, без задоринки

As drunk as a tinner пьян, как сапожник (работник консервной фабрики)

As cross as a bear – злой, как собака

As cold as ice – холодный, как лёд

As cunning as a fox – хитёр, как лис

As death as a stone – глухой как пень

As bald as an egg/ a billiard ball – лыс, как колено/ бильярдный шар

As black as hell – коли глаз, темно

As black as ink – чёрный как смоль

As black as sin – мрачнее тучи

As blind as a bat/beetle/mole слеп, как крот

As busy as a bee – деловой, как пчела (как белка в колесе)

As chaste as ice – невинен, как слеза младенца

As dark as night/pitch – ни зги не видно, темно

As dead as a dodo – древний, дряхлый, вымерший, отсталый

As easy as ABC/as shelling peas/winking – легко, как дважды два; проще пареной репы

As fine as silk – прекрасно себя чувствую, как огурчик

As fit as a fiddle – в добром здравии

As fresh as a daisy – пышущий здоровьем, кровь с молоком

As good as pie/wheat – очень хороший

As green as grass – молодо-зелено, неопытный, желторотик

As happy as a pig in mud/sand boy – счастлив до умопомрачения

As hungry as a hunter – голоден, как волк

As naked as the day one was born – в чём мать родила

As neat as a pin/ nine pence/wax – с иголочки

As poor as a church mouse – беден, как церковная мышь

As safe as a house – безопасен, надёжен

As silly as a goose – глуп, как пробка

As sober as a judge – трезв, как стёклышко

As stiff as a poker – как аршин проглотил

As strong as a horse – силён, как бык

As stubborn as a mule – упрям, как осёл

As stupid as a coot – глуп, как пробка

As sulky as a bear – злой, как чёрт/собака

As sure as a gun – верно, как дважды два

As sure as death – как пить дать

As time as go – по нынешним временам

As timid as a deer/hare/rabbit – труслив, как заяц

As ugly as sin – страшен, как смертный грех

As welcome as flowers in May – желанный гость

As white as a sheet – бледен, как полотно/мел

As wise as before – не солоно хлебавши