GRAMMAR I

ADJECTIVES AND PREPOSITIONS

There are adjectives in English that always, or most of the time collocate with the same preposition:

accustomed to descended from liable to

acquainted with devoid of married to
addicted to different from / to nice to
adequate for eager to pleased with
adorned with enthusiastic about proud of
annoyed about / with equal to puzzled at/ by
ashamed of filled with qualified for
associated with fond of related to
aware of free to rude to
based on good at sad about
capable of happy about satisfied with
certain of ill with similar to
characteristic of immune from sorry for
committed to impressed with / by subject to
compatible with inclined to superior to
composed of inferior to surprised by/ at
concerned with / about integral to typical of
confident of intent on upset about
confused at / about interested in useful for
conscious of keen on willing to
contrary to kind to
dedicated to known for
deficient in lacking in
dependant on

There are fixed expressions in English that are used as traditional comparisons, i.e.

as good as gold as sweet as honey as proud as a peacock

as poor as a church mouse as pretty as a picture as tough as leather
as brave as a lion as black as pitch as easy as falling off a wall
as dead as a doornail as stubborn as a mule as bright as a berry
as drunk as a lord as crazy as a March hare as ugly as sin
as light as a feather as hot as hell as hungry as a hunter
as mad as a hatter
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