Terms for subject Figurative containing As

English	Russian
act as	выполнять роль (something Andrey Truhachev)
act as a matchmaker	сватать (свести вместе Andrey Truhachev)
as a matter of course	как естественная вещь (Andrey Truhachev)
as a matter of course	как должное (Andrey Truhachev)
as a special treat	на закуску (Anglophile)
as a special treat	и на десерт (cerise sur le gâteau – фр. blaireau)
as blind as bayard	совершенно слепой человек
as blind as bayard	как слепая курица
as cold as ice	спокойный как удав (Taras)
as good as a circus	цирк!
as good as gold	настоящее золото (о ком-чём-нибудь очень хорошем, ценном igisheva)
as good as gold	золото (о ком-чём-нибудь очень хорошем, ценном igisheva)
as good as gold	просто золотой (очень хороший, ценный igisheva)
as good as gold	просто золото (о ком-чём-нибудь очень хорошем, ценном igisheva)
as good as gold	золотой (очень хороший, ценный igisheva)
as hard as iron	жестокий
as hard as iron	суровый
as if unwillingly	словно нехотя ("The peephole in the door swung back. I saw Degarmo holding up his shield. Slowly and as if unwillingly the door was opened. He went in." Raymond Chandler ART Vancouver)
as in a fog	как в тумане (e.g. I remember all what happened to me as in a fog Soulbringer)
as light as smoke	дымный
as the twig is bent, so grows the tree	что выросло, то выросло (Am. bluesmachine)
be as quiet as a mouse	ходить как по ниточке
be as quiet as a mouse	ходить как по ниточке
be dead as a dodo	не подавать ни малейших признаков жизни (о приборах denghu)
be silent as the grave	молчать, как убитый
become as real as ever	встать во весь рост (редко; о перспективе и т.п. 4uzhoj)
become as real as ever	встать в полный рост (4uzhoj)
as blind as a brickbat	не замечающий, не видящий и не понимающий совершающегося, происходящего вокруг (Bobrovska)
as blind as a brickbat	слепой (Bobrovska)
boast a reputation as	славиться (A four-year-old Welsh girl who was walking along a beach with her father wound up making a rather incredible discovery when she spotted a remarkably well-preserved dinosaur print that is believed to be a whopping 220-million-years old. According to a press release from the National Museum Wales, the remarkable find was made last month when Lily Wilder and her dad, Richard, were visiting Bendricks Bay, which boasts something of a reputation as a hot spot for dinosaur prints. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver)
business as usual	в привычном режиме (говоря о деятельности: We cannot allow a political vacuum to develop, but nor can we simply continue with business as usual. Alex_Odeychuk)
business as usual	привычный порядок вещей
business as usual	жизнь продолжается (в некоторых контекстах , где речь не столько о бизнесе M_P)
business as usual	дело обычное (scherfas)
business as usual	все идёт в нормальном режиме (Ivan Pisarev)
business as usual	ничего особенного (Ремедиос_П)
business as usual	всё идёт своим чередом (apart from being under new management, it's business as usual in the department Val_Ships)
business as usual	дела идут своим чередом (ssn)
business as usual	всё по-прежнему (It won't be business as usual in the post-COVID world. Bullfinch)
business as usual	всё как обычно (an unchanging state of affairs despite difficulties or disturbances Val_Ships)
business as usual	без потрясений (контекстуально dreamjam)
by using sth. as leverage	опираясь на (Higginbottom instructed his publishers to generate advance publicity for "The Bloody Nun" by using the success of "The Bloody Priest" as leverage. Needless to say, that resulted in a total disaster. – опираясь на успех ART Vancouver)
clear as a bell	ясен хрен (Vadim Rouminsky)
clear as a bell	ясен красен (Vadim Rouminsky)
clear as a bell	ясен келдыш (Vadim Rouminsky)
clear as mud	тёмный лес
deliver as promised	выполнять обещания (SirReal)
deliver as promised	выполнить обещание (SirReal)
give up as a bad job	махать рукой (на)
give up something as a bad job	махать рукой на что-н.
he is as dependable as the Rock of Gibraltar	на него можно надеяться как на каменную стену
he is as obstinate as a mule	его в ступе не утолочь
he is as obstinate as a mule	его в семи ступах не утолочь
he is as rich as Croesus	капиталов у него хоть отбавляй
it is as clear as noonday	ясно как божий день
it is as thin as a wafer	это тоньше воробьиного носа
it is as thin as a wafer	это тоньше воробьиного носа
leave sth. as a question mark	оставить под вопросом (Without the data, we’re going to have to leave this one as a question mark. metro.co.uk ART Vancouver)
make things as clear as mud	запутывать (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	мутить воду (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	вводить в заблуждение (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	наводить тень на плетень (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	затемнять (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	навести туману (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	наводить тень на ясный день (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	затуманивать (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	напустить туману (Andrey Truhachev)
make things as clear as mud	отемнять (Andrey Truhachev)
much as I dislike it, I'll do it	хотя мне и не нравится, я это сделаю (MargeWebley)
on the same footing as	в том же положении, что и (Ремедиос_П)
propose someone to someone as a wife or husband	сватать (предлагать в мужья или в жёны Andrey Truhachev)
red as a rose	красный, как маков цвет
something as glutinous as porridge	ка́ша
something as glutinous as porridge	ка (ка́ша)
take as a starting point	оттолкнуться
take as a starting point	отталкиваться
take as a warning	наматывать себе на ус
take as a warning	наматывать себе на ус
take as an insult	узреть обиду
things are running along as smooth as grease	всё идёт, как по маслу
try as he would	как он ни бился
ugly as sin	страшнее ядерной войны (Alex_Odeychuk)
use as a cover	прикрыться (pf of прикрываться)
use as a cover	прикрываться (impf of прикрыться)
use as leverage	опираться на (Higginbottom instructed his publishers to generate advance publicity for "The Bloody Nun" by using the success of "The Bloody Priest" as leverage. – опираясь на успех ART Vancouver)
you would have no finger in such a pie as this	вам не хотелось бы вмешаться в подобное дело