gentle as a lamb |
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| Lexical unit types: | simile |
| Topics: | people: personality |
| Source domains: | animals |
| Particles: | - |
| Similes: | as |
| Verbs: | - |
| CEFR Levels: | - | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | - | Definition: | very gentle, kind Used of people and larger animals. | Examples: |
Bill was big for his age but gentle as a lamb. I got a dog named Rocky and he is as gentle as a lamb!
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Motivation: |
the conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS Kövecses, Zoltán. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Slične leksičke jedinice: cunning as a fox, different as night and day, cool as a cucumber, good as gold, have a big heart , have a sweet tooth, quiet as a mouse, have a heart of gold, brave as a lion