Spanish · Chapter 51 · Lesson 5 · Grammar primer
Fixed similes: como un tronco
The stereotyped comparisons Spanish uses instead of a plain adjective: dormir como un tronco (sleep like a log), mas bueno que el pan, terco como una mula, feliz como una perdiz - and you cannot swap the noun.
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