Terms for subject Figure of speech containing As

English	Russian
act as a backstop	страховка на случай необходимости (precaution in case of emergency dnv)
as a token of	в качестве залога (Alexander Demidov)
as clean clear, dry as a whistle	без сучка, без задоринки
as clean as a whistle	без сучка, без задоринки (В.И.Макаров)
as clean as clear	без сучка, без задоринки
as clean as dry	без сучка, без задоринки
as clear as a whistle	без сучка, без задоринки (В.И.Макаров)
as close as lips and teeth	не разлей вода (ГАС)
as close as the Holy Ghost is	как одно целое (I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is and lay you down on a bed of roses, Bed of Roses by Jon Bon Jovi (03021962) from the 1992 Keep the Faith album george serebryakov)
as dead as a stone	мертвее мёртвого (MichaelBurov)
as different as day and night	как небо и земля (полная противоположность – complete opposites Leonid Dzhepko)
as dry as a whistle	без сучка, без задоринки (В.И.Макаров)
as far as the eye can reach	насколько хватает глаз (Марина Гайдар)
as guilty as sin	сознаю-грешен (Val_Ships)
as happy as a hog eating trash	"Счастлив, как слон"
as one looks ahead	устремлять взгляд в будущее (Ivan Pisarev)
as one looks to the future	устремлять взгляд в будущее (Ivan Pisarev)
as one man	всем скопом (Leonid Dzhepko)
as rich as Croesus	богат как Крез (Alex_Odeychuk)
as safe as houses	железобетонный (перенос.: I might tell a coworker: Don't worry – your position is as safe as houses. – Mberdy21)
as soon as day broke	с наступлением рассвета (Andrey Truhachev)
as stiff as a board	будет не разогнуться (на утро после физического упражнения, напр., конной езды kozelski)
as thick as pea soup	не видно ни зги (о густом тумане Халеев)
as tough as old boots	физически крепкий (sea holly)
as tough as old boots	выносливый (sea holly)
be fit as a fiddle	как огурчик (Leonid Dzhepko)
be solid as a rock	стоять как утёс (Macmillan Dictionary Alex_Odeychuk)
big as a house	внушительных размеров
come to as no surprise	не быть сюрпризом (Markus Platini)
daft as a brush	глупый как пробка
dead as a doornail	мертвее мёртвого (MichaelBurov)
dead as a herring	мертвее мёртвого (MichaelBurov)
as easy as falling off a log	пареная репа и та мудрёней (very easy to do Alex_Odeychuk)
as easy as falling off a log	проще пареной репы (very easy to do Alex_Odeychuk)
fall to the ground as though mown down	упасть как подкошенный (Leonid Dzhepko)
get big as a house	округлиться (напр, говоря о беременной женщине: When I see a friend who is almost nine months pregnant, I might shout delightedly: Wow! You're as big as a house! (Michele Berdy)21)
give A up as hopeless	рано хоронить А (Leonid Dzhepko)
give A up as hopeless	поставить крест на А (Leonid Dzhepko)
guilty as sin	виноват дальше некуда (very guilty Val_Ships)
have been operating as something of a Wild West	вести деятельность по законам Дикого Запада (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk)
his parents looked at him as if he had sprouted three heads	как если бы они увидели привидение (досл. "выросли три головы" ad_notam)
his parents looked at him as if he had sprouted three heads	его родители посмотрели на него так, как если бы у него рога выросли (ad_notam)
it looks as pretty as a picture	его хоть на выставку посылай (Leonid Dzhepko)
it's as easy as pie	пареная репа и та мудрёней (Alex_Odeychuk)
it's as easy as pie	это проще пареной репы (it's very easy to understand Alex_Odeychuk)
look fit as a fiddle	как огурчик (Leonid Dzhepko)
looked as if he was from abroad	выглядевший иностранцем (Alex_Odeychuk)
not so much as a dime	ни шиша (Leonid Dzhepko)
old as dirt	очень старый, допотопный, ископаемый, старая развалина, седая древность (обычно говорят о человеке Oksana82myangel)
operate as one team	работать чётко (Alex_Odeychuk)
operate as one team	работать слаженно (Alex_Odeychuk)
as pure as snow	чистый как снег (Ying)
red as a beet	красный как рак (Leonid Dzhepko)
sick as a dog	устал как собака (часто используется в значении "заболел". Deska)
stay as solid as a rock	стоять как утёс (Macmillan Dictionary Alex_Odeychuk)
thin as a wire	худой как спичка (sophistt)
thin as a wire	худой как соломинка (sophistt)
thin as a wire	худой как проволока (sophistt)
turn as red as a beet	покраснеть как рак (Leonid Dzhepko)
turn as red as a lobster	покраснеть как рак (Leonid Dzhepko)
was tight as a fist	Ком в горле (Red CaT)
write off as a has-been	сдать в архив (Leonid Dzhepko)