healthy as a horse |
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| Vrste leksičkih jedinica: | simile |
| Teme: | people: appearance |
| Izvorne domene: | animals |
| Čestice: | - |
| Usporedba: | as |
| Glagoli: | - |
| ZEROJ razine: | - | Sinonimi: | - | Antonimi: | - | Definicija: | having excellent physical health | Primjeri: |
I am healthy as a horse. She’s 80 and healthy as a horse.
Croatian: zdrav kao dren |
Motivacija: |
the conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS Kövecses, Zoltán. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Similar lexical units: strong as an ox, fresh as a daisy, blind as a bat, from head to toe, white as snow, white as a sheet, pretty as a picture, red as blood, smile from ear to ear, black as night