good as gold |
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| Lexical unit types: | simile |
| Topics: | people: personality |
| Source domains: | - |
| Particles: | - |
| Similes: | as |
| Verbs: | - |
| CEFR Levels: | - | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | - | Definition: | (usually of a child) to behave very well | Examples: |
“You were a good baby,” my mother told me, “good as gold.” I’ll be good as gold, I promise.
Croatian: dobar kao kruh
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Motivation: |
Slične leksičke jedinice: cunning as a fox, gentle as a lamb, different as night and day, cool as a cucumber, have a big heart , have a sweet tooth, quiet as a mouse, have a heart of gold, brave as a lion