strong as an ox |
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| Vrste leksičkih jedinica: | simile |
| Teme: | people: appearance |
| Izvorne domene: | animals |
| Čestice: | - |
| Usporedba: | as |
| Glagoli: | - |
| ZEROJ razine: | - | Sinonimi: | - | Antonimi: | - | Definicija: | very strong Also: strong as a bull/horse/lion/bear | Primjeri: |
My grandfather was as strong as an ox. He looks healthy and strong as a bull. I’m as strong as a horse. She was tall and as strong as a lion. You cannot eat like a bird and be strong as a bear.
Croatian: jak kao bik |
Motivacija: |
the conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS Kövecses, Zoltán. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Similar lexical units: healthy as a horse, 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