* Данный текст распознан в автоматическом режиме, поэтому может содержать ошибки

as different a s chalk and/from cheese bell several times because lady is as deaf as a post. the old as happy a s a lark/sandboy/ Larry довольный как слон; счастливый как ребенок • My son loves toys. If you give him something to play with, he's as happy as a sandboy. • We married nine days after we met, and three years on we're happy as Larry. as hard as nails 1. железный (о сильном чело¬ веке); выносливый • The soldier was as hard as nails. • It's amaz¬ ing! Sally works so hard but she never complains! - She's just as hard as nails. 2. черствый, безжалостный • He won't do you any harm. - My step¬ mother might. She's ignorant, but she's as hard as nails and pretty sly. as ill luck would have it как назло; как на беду; как на грех • As ill luck would have it he was on holiday at that time. as it were так сказать • That was part of the job, as it were. as large as life собственной персоной • I went to the party and there was John, as large as life. as keen as mustard гореть энтузиазмом • My young son only took up skiing last year, but he's as keen as mustard and skis every weekend now. as like as two peas как две капли воды (похожий) • The twins were as like as two peas. 32 as different as chalk and/from cheese как небо и земля (отличаться); диаметрально противоположны • The two brothers are as different as chalk from cheese. as easy a s pie пара пустяков; плевое дело; раз плюнуть • Learning to swim is as easy as pie. as fit as a fiddle как огурчик • My Dad's nearly eighty now but he's as fit as a fiddle. as fresh as a daisy/as new paint свежий как огурчик • After a night without sleep we were all ex¬ hausted except Ann, who was as fresh as a daisy. as full as a tick наесться досыта, до отвала • Little Billy ate and ate until he was as full as a tick. as funny a s a crutch и с м е х , и грех • The welldressed lady slipped and fell in the gutter, which was funny as a crutch. as good as one's word держать слово • He said he would lend me the money if I needed it, and was as good as his word. as happy as a clam (Am) довольный как слон; счастли­ вый как ребенок • Since he's been at college he's as happy as a clam.