slow as a snail |
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| Lexical unit types: | simile |
| Topics: | describing things, people: actions |
| Source domains: | animals |
| Particles: | - |
| Similes: | as |
| Verbs: | - |
| CEFR Levels: | - | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | quick as a flash | Definition: | very slow; not fast at all | Examples: |
I’m as slow as a snail. Emma came, as slow as a snail. The car was slow as a snail.
Croatian: spor kao puž |
Motivation: |
the conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS Kövecses, Zoltán. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Slične leksičke jedinice: sharp as a knife, the mouth of a river, the head of a table, different as night and day, clear as crystal, clear as a bell, the head of a page, clear as day, the neck of a bottle/guitar, red as blood, the heart of a city, the hands of a clock, white as snow, the mouth of a tunnel/cave, the legs of a chair/table, black as night, the foot of a hill, the foot of a page, easy as pie, cold as ice, 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, 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