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[Martin Votruba]

> "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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