• КАК БОЧКА highly coll
[как + NP; Invar]
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1. пить как бочка [adv (intensif)]
⇒ (to drink liquor) in large quantities:
- like a fish (a sailor);
- like there's no tomorrow.
2. толстый как бочка [modif (intensif)]
⇒ extremely rotund:
- (be) (as) fat as a (stuffed) pig;
- (look <be>) like the side of a house;
- (be) as round as a barrel;
- (be) (as) big as a blimp (a balloon).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.