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Coimeasan dealbhach

Descriptive comparisons

You’ll remember that we looked at descriptive comparisons in B1 Cuspair 12: cho … ri … (as … as …).

Let’s add to our store of idioms.

cho modhail ri luch ann an spòg a’ chait

as well-behaved as a mouse in the cat’s paw

cho salach ri muc

as dirty as a pig

cho sgìth ri seann chù

as tired as an old dog

cho sgìth ris a’ chù

as tired as a dog

cho maol ri ugh

as bald as an egg

cho faoin ris na faoileagan

as daft as the seagulls

cho faoin ris na h-uiseagan

as daft as the skylarks

cho sean ri cnoc

as old as a hillock

cho aosta ri ceò nam beann

as old as the mist on the hills/mountains

cho sean ri beinn

as old as the hills

cho sean ri seachd seanairean

as old as the hills [seven grandfathers]

cho salach ris a’ mhuic

as dirty as a pig

cho sona ris an rìgh

as happy as the king