Translation and Interpretation MA II.

Pragmatics - Figurative Speech Acts

Metaphorical expressions with as… as

1. Fill in the blanks with the required nouns forming idiomatic comparisons. You
will need the following nouns: eel, mole, lord, post, lion, lath, mouse, brass, mule,
judge, lamb, church, iron, grass, peas, cucumber, rock, life, gold, peacock, lamp-post,
serpent, feather, nails, sheep, ditchwater, poker, death, weather, grave, fish, hare, hills,
mutton, rain, lighting, hatter.
1. as bold as … 14. as green as … 27. as meek as a …
2. as deaf as … 15. as dead as … 28. as silent as the …
3. as good as … 16. as mad as a … 29. as stiff as a …
4. as hard as … 17. as right as … 30. as sober as a …
5. as large as … 18. as tall as a … 31. as timid as a …
6. as changeable as … 19. as blind as a 32. as wise as a …
7. as drunk as a … 20. as steady as a … 33. as silly as a …
8. as old as… 21. as obstinate as a … 34. as light as a …
9. as slippery as … 22. as poor as a 35. as mute as a …
10. as thin as … 23. as bold as 36. as pale as …
11. as proud as a … 24. as cool as … 37. as rapid as …
12. as quiet as a … 25. as dull as …
13. as hard as … 26. as like as

2. Fill in the blanks with the required adjective, without taking into account the
frequency with which it is repeated. You will find that many of the idiomatic set
phrases have a synonymic meaning. The following words will be necessary: black,
greedy, blind, dry, soft, sweet, mad, hard, smooth, like, strong, fresh, cold, bright, tender.
1. as … as coal 15. as … as jet 28. as … as two drops of
2. as … as a bat 16. as … as oil water
3. as … as butter 17. as … as dust 29. as … as the light
4. as … as ink 18. as … as a March hatter 30. as … as marble
5. as … as a hatter 19. as … as a daisy 31. as … as a lion
6. as … as two beans 20. as … as a frog 32. as … as two peas
7. as … as butter 21. as … as midnight 33. as … as sugar
8. as … as a beetle 22. as … as wax 34. as … as a stick
9. as … as a horse 23. as … as glass 35. as … as a rose
10. as … as a dog 24. as … as ice 36. as … as a wolf
11. as … as honey 25. as … as pitch 37. as … as velvet
12. as … as flint 26. as … as day 38. as … as a chicken
13. as … as a bone 27. as … as noonday 39. as… as a stone
14. as … as a mole 40. as … as soot