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` ALasked for translation 7 years ago

How to translate? (ru-en)

доволен как слон

User translations (4)

1.
As happy as a lark
translation added by Elena Bogomolova
Gold ru-en
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2.
happy as a clam at high tide.
Translator's comment
дословно: доволен, как моллюск в морской прилив.
translation added by Dana -
Silver ru-en
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3.
(Colloquial): tickled pink
Translator's comment
Универсальный русско-английский словарь
translation added by ` AL
Gold ru-en
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4.
happy as an elephant!
translation added by Наталья Осадчая
1

Discussion (3)

Наталья Осадчаяadded a comment 7 years ago

My child is happy like an elephant-мой ребенок доволен как слон

Руслан Заславскийadded a comment 7 years ago

далеко не все русские идиомы соответствуют английским эквивалентам. На западе говорят "счастлив как моллюск"

` ALadded a comment 7 years ago

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=happy+elephant%2Chappy+clam%2C+happy+lark%2C++tickled+pink+&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Chappy%20elephant%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Chappy%20clam%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Chappy%20lark%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ctickled%20pink%3B%2Cc0

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