eat like a bird |
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| Vrste leksičkih jedinica: | simile |
| Teme: | people: actions |
| Izvorne domene: | animals |
| Čestice: | - |
| Usporedba: | like |
| Glagoli: | - |
| ZEROJ razine: | - | Sinonimi: | - | Antonimi: | eat like a horse | Definicija: | to eat very little food | Primjeri: |
She eats like a bird. You cannot eat like a bird and be strong as a bear.
Croatian: jesti kao ptičica/ptica/vrabac |
Motivacija: |
the conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS Kövecses, Zoltán. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Similar lexical units: shake like a leaf, sing like a bird, eat like a horse, live like a king, quick as a flash, cry like a baby, slow as a snail, swim like a fish, sleep like a baby, run like the wind, quiet as a mouse, keep an eye on , give someone a hand, with your eyes closed, all eyes are on someone/something, busy as a bee