Terms for subject Informal containing as... as

English	French
as bald as a coot	chauve comme un œuf
as bald as an egg	chauve comme un œuf
as long as it's not serious!	tant que ce n'est pas grave!
as the saying goes	comme dit l'autre
as the saying goes	comme dirait l'autre
be as deaf as a post	être sourd comme un pot
be as dumb as they come	en tenir une couche
be as dumb as they come	avoir une couche
be as thick as a brick	en tenir une couche
be as thick as a brick	avoir une couche
be as thick as two short planks	en tenir une couche
be as thick as two short planks	avoir une couche
as blind as a bat	myope comme une taupe
as drunk as a lord	soûl comme un Polonais
for goodness's sake will you do as I say!	tu vas m'obéir, non mais, qu'est-ce que ça veut dire?
he goes to sleep as soon as I put the radio on, it works like a dream	il s'endort quand je mets la radio, c'est radical
he's as dumb as they come	il tient en a une bonne dose
he's as dumb as they come	il tient sa a une bonne dose
he's as thick as two short planks	il tient en a une bonne dose
he's as thick as two short planks	il tient sa a une bonne dose
he's bald as a coot	il n'a plus un poil sur le caillou
he's bald as an egg	il n'a plus un poil sur le caillou
he's flirting with you, it's as plain as the nose on your face	il te drague, c'est gros comme une maison
I know you as if you were my own	je te connais comme si je t'avais fait!
I nearly spilt the milk as well, he really would have been furious then!	j'ai aussi failli renverser le lait, c'est pour le coup qu'il aurait été en colère!
I told him everything, as you can well imagine	tu penses bien que je lui ai tout raconté!
I'll do as I like, it's a free country, isn't it?	on est en république, non?
I'll grab him as soon as he gets back	je lui sauterai dessus dès qu'il reviendra
it isn't as easy as it looks	ça n'est pas du gâteau
it looks to me as though it's been translated from English	ça m'a tout l'air d'être traduit de l'anglais
it's easy as falling off a log	c'est bête comme chou
it's easy as falling off a log	c'est bête comme tout
it's easy as pie	c'est bête comme chou
it's easy as pie	c'est bête comme tout
marry a man with an aristocratic sounding name	épouser un de (quelque chose)
marry a woman with an aristocratic sounding name	épouser une de (quelque chose)
the same as	pareil que
she works as a doctor in a hospital but she also has private patients	elle est médecin à l'hôpital mais elle fait aussi du privé
she works as a doctor in a hospital but she also takes private patients	elle est médecin à l'hôpital mais elle fait aussi du privé
she's as thick as two short planks	elle en tient une couche!
take life as it comes	se laisser vivre
take the batch as it is	tu prends le lot tel que
there is such a thing as soap, you know!	le savon, ça existe!
thick as thieves	copains comme cochons
this is a free country, as far as I know!	on est en démocratie, non?
this play is a real slap in the face for intellectual types	cette pièce est un pied-de-nez aux intellos
we might as well be whistling in the wind	faire ça ou peigner la girafe
we might as well just give up	il n'y a plus qu'à tirer l'échelle
well, you might as well do things in style!	il faut ce qu'il faut!
you look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards	t'es fichu comme l'as de pique
you look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards	t'es ficelé comme l'as de pique
you look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards	t'es fagoté comme l'as de pique