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English
Pronunciation
Verb
smoke like a chimney (third-person singular simple present smokes like a chimney, present participle smoking like a chimney, simple past and past participle smoked like a chimney)
- (idiomatic, simile) To smoke tobacco frequently.
Translations
to smoke tobacco frequently
- Finnish: polttaa kuin korsteeni
- French: fumer comme une cheminée (fr), fumer comme un pompier (fr), fumer comme un Turc (fr), fumer comme un sapeur (fr), fumer comme un dragon
- German: Rauchen wie ein Schlot
- Greek: καπνίζω σαν αράπης (kapnízo san arápis), καπνίζω σαν φουγάρο (kapnízo san fougáro)
- Italian: fumare come una ciminiera, fumare come un turco
- Polish: palić jak smok (pl) impf, palić jak lokomotywa impf
- Romanian: a fuma ca un turc
- Russian: дымить, как паровоз (dymitʹ, kak parovoz, literally “smoke like a steam engine”)
- Spanish: fumar como un carretero, fumar como chino en quiebra (es)
- Swedish: röka som en borstbindare
- Turkish: baca gibi tüttürmek, fosur fosur sigara içmek
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