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• like a bat out of hell
  очень быстро, со всех ног, во весь опор

  The thief left the house like a bat out of hell.
• like a bolt out of the blue
  внезапно, откуда ни возьмись, "как гром среди ясного неба"

  The news of his son's death was like a bolt out of the blue.
• like a bump on a log
  не реагирующий ни на что, ничего не делающий (дословно - как шишка на бревне)

  I spent all day at home like a bump on a log.
• like a deer caught in the headlights
  (быть) в замешательстве

  Marion looked like a deer caught in the headlights when she learnt that she had failed the test.
• like a fish out of water
  оказаться совершенно не на месте, "как рыба без воды"

  I felt like a fish out of water when I came to the health club for the first time.
• like a house on fire
  быстро и энергично

  They worked like a house on fire because they wanted to complete the construction of the bridge by winter.
• like a sitting duck
  неподозревающий, неосведомлённый

  Jason was like a sitting duck when the finance director told him about the problems he was unaware of.
• like a three-ring circus
  оживлённый, кипучий, хлопотливый

  On the Eve of Christmas shopping centers in Europe are like a three-ring circus.
• like a ton of bricks
  сюрприз, полнейшая неожиданность (неприятная)

  The information about our firm's bankruptcy hit me like a ton of bricks.
• like an open book
  легко понимаемое, не сложное

  I understand most of the computer programs; it's like an open book.
• like crazy
  как сумасшедший

  They left the house late, and ran like crazy to be able to catch their train.
• like father, like son
  каков отец, таков и сын

  "Like father, like son," the teacher said as she watched the boy slowly writing an exercise in his notebook.
• like getting blood out of a stone
  очень трудно получить что-либо от кого-либо (так же, как выжать слезу из камня)

  It is like getting blood out of a stone to try and ask my father for money.
• like greased lightning
  очень быстро, как молния

  The dog dashed out of the house like greased lightning.
• like hell
  изо всех сил, стремительно;

  Jim had to run like hell that morning to be able to catch the bus for work.
• like it or lump it
  либо принять, либо не принять что-либо

  "I offered you a fair price for the computer, so you can either like it or lump it; it's up to you."
• Like it's such a big deal!
  Как будто бы это так важно!

  "Like it's such a big deal!" my friend said when had lost my computer disk.
• like lambs to the slaughter
  безропотно, покорно, "как агнец на закланье"

  Our baseball players went like lambs to the slaughter to meet the best team in our area.
• like looking for a needle in a haystack
  быть занятым бесполезными поисками, "искать иголку в стоге сена"

  My son always misplaces things, so looking for his car keys that day was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
• like mad
  очень быстро, как безумный

  I ran like mad but I was still unable to catch up with them.
• like nothing on earth
  очень странный, необычный

  The toys in the gift shop were like nothing on earth and they surprised everyone who saw them.
• like one of the family
  как будто бы член семьи

  Mike behaves like one of the family; he comes to us whenever he feels like it.
• like pulling teeth
  очень трудно (делать)

  It was like pulling teeth to clean the mess in my brother's bedroom.
• like shooting fish in a barrel
  лёгкая победа (из-за слабости противника)

  The chess competition was like shooting fish in a barrel. It was very easy to win.
• like taking candy from a baby
  что-либо что очень легко сделать

  Jack is very good at repairing cars; it's like taking candy from a baby for him.
• like two peas in a pod
  кто-либо хорошо знакомый, очень близкий (дословно – как две горошины в стручке)

  My mother's cousin and she are very close; they are like two peas in a pod.
• like water off a duck's back
  всё ни почём, "как с гуся вода"

  It is absolutely useless criticizing Jenny; the criticism falls away like water off a duck's back.
• like waving a red flag in front of a bull
  злить или раздражать кого-либо

  Talking about our neighbor with my mother is like waving a red flag in front of a bull.
• look like (something)
  прогнозировать, предсказывать что-либо

  It looks like it is going to snow later in the day.
• look like a million dollars
  прекрасно выглядеть, быть здоровым, счастливым и преуспевающим

  Martha looked like a million dollars when I saw her the other day.
• look like death warmed over
  выглядеть очень больным

  Tim was very pale and looked like death warmed over, so I couldn't help asking him what the matter was.
• look like something the cat dragged in
  выглядеть усталым, "быть выжатым как лимон"

  Wanda was very tired after the flight and looked like something the cat dragged in.
• look like the cat that swallowed the canary
  выглядеть очень довольным

  Jeremy looked like the cat that swallowed the canary when he told me about his success.