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Martin Votruba
votruba+ at PITT.EDU
Mon Apr 5 00:38:39 UTC 2004
> "She was mad enough to spit nails." Your correspondent was referring to
> her redheaded mother, who probably could have produced napalm [...]
> zurit jako pominuta all seem to lack the excessive, explosive quality
A fairly common and colorful comparison is ...jako san~. "like a [female]
dragon"
A phrase with closer imagery and a quaint, old verb that is sometimes used
is ...ds~tila ohen~ a si'ru. "spewed out fire and sulphur"
Martin
Slovak Studies Program
University of Pittsburgh
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