quiet as a mouse |
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| Lexical unit types: | simile |
| Topics: | people: personality, people: actions |
| Source domains: | animals |
| Particles: | - |
| Similes: | as |
| Verbs: | - |
| CEFR Levels: | - | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | - | Definition: | very quiet | Examples: |
When she came into the big city, she was shy and as quiet as a mouse. He slipped through the back door quiet as a mouse.
Croatian: tih/miran kao bubica |
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, gentle as a lamb, different as night and day, cool as a cucumber, good as gold, have a big heart , have a sweet tooth, have a heart of gold, brave as a lion, shake like a leaf, sing like a bird, eat like a horse, live like a king, quick as a flash, eat like a bird, cry like a baby, slow as a snail, swim like a fish, sleep like a baby, run like the wind, keep an eye on , give someone a hand, with your eyes closed, all eyes are on someone/something, busy as a bee