still as death

still as death
((as) still as death (или as the grave))
безмолвный (как смерть; ср. мёртвая тишина, гробовое молчание)

Old Jolyon stood, still as death, his eyes fixed on the body. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Man of Property’, part III, ch. VIII) — Старый Джолион стоял безмолвный как смерть и пристально смотрел на труп Босини.

A silence of the sea, of the sky merged into one immensity still as death around these saved, palpitating lives. (J. Conrad, ‘Lord Jim’, ch. X) — Молчание моря и неба, необъятное как смерть, сомкнулось вокруг этих спасенных, трепещущих жизней.

The house was still as death. (L. M. Alcott, ‘Little Women’, ch. XVIII) — В доме было тихо как в могиле.

He went to the door... and looked out over the sleeping buildings. ‘Still as the grave.’ (D. Cusack, ‘Say No to Death’, ch. XLV) — Барт подошел к двери... и окинул взглядом дремавшие больничные корпуса. "Тихо, как на кладбище".


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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