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- Như tằm ăn rỗi
- Như thỏ đế
- Như vạc ăn đêm
Phụ lục 6
Thành ngữ so sánh cĩ thành tố chỉ động vật trong tiếng Anh trong tiếng Anh
AS A AS B As busy as a bee/beaver As busy as a bee/beaver As blind as a bat As bold as a lion As dumb as a fish As dumb as an oyster As mute as a fish As free as air a bird As gentle as a lamb As gentle as a dove As greedy as a pig As heavy as an elephant As hungry as a bear As hungry as a wolf As innocent as a lamb
As like as an apple to an oyster As mad as a march hare
As mad as a hornet As mad as a wet hen As meek as a lamb
As obstinate / stubborn as a mule As poor as a church mouse
As pround as a cock on his own dunghill
As pround as a peacock As red as briled lobster As quiet as a mouse As sick as a parrot As slippery as an eel As sick as a dog As smart as a fox As sleek as a cat As snug as a bug in a rug As strong as a horse As stupid as a goose As tricky as a monkey As strong as an ox As timid as rabbit As weak as a kitten As wet as a drowned rat As wise as an owl
As well be hanged for a sheep as for lamb
To be as fat as a pig To be as gay as a lark A AS B
There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse
To be hungry as a hawk A LIKE B
Breed like rabbits
Be dressed like a dog’s dinner Cling/ stick to sb like a leech Curses like chickens come home to roost
Drink like a fish Die like a dog Drop like flies Eat like a bird Eat like a horse Fight like cat and dog Follow like sheep Grin like a Cheshire cat Got’s up like a dog’s dinner Live like a fighting cock Look like a shotten herring Look like something the cat’s dragged in
Look like the cat that swallowed the canary
Pack like herring
Run around like a chicken with its head cut off
Sing like a lark/ bird/ nightingale Sweat like a pig
Squeal like a stuck pig Stare like a stuck pig.
Squashed/packned like sardiness Swim like a fish
To chatter like a magpie Tremble sb like a dog Watch sb like a hawk Work like a dog Work like a horse LIKE B
Like a bat out of hell Like a bear garden
Like a bear with a sore head Like a bird
Like a bull at a gate Like a bull in a china shop Like a cat on hot brichs Like a drowned rat Like a fish out of water
Like a hen with one chicken Like a lamb to the slaughter Like a sheep to the slaughter Like a rat in a hole
Like a red rag to a bull Like a scalded cat Like sheep
Like rabbits in a warren
Like the cat that got/ate/stole the scream
Like water off a duck’s back Like(a) sitting duck
SUCH B