gentle as a lamb |
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| Vrste leksičkih jedinica: | simile |
| Teme: | people: personality |
| Izvorne domene: | animals |
| Čestice: | - |
| Usporedba: | as |
| Glagoli: | - |
| ZEROJ razine: | - | Sinonimi: | - | Antonimi: | - | Definicija: | very gentle, kind Used of people and larger animals. | Primjeri: |
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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Motivacija: |
the conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS Kövecses, Zoltán. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
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