run like a deer

run like a deer
(run like a deer (hare или rabbit))
≈ бежать как угорелый, бежать сломя голову, бежать без оглядки, нестись стрелой

Bessie: "...ay, you left him!.. You run like a hare to get out o' danger." (S. O'Casey, ‘The Plough and the Stars’, act IV) — Бесси. ...вы ведь бросили моего мужа... Удрали как заяц, когда почувствовали опасность.

‘Spanish-American war,’ he said. ‘Ran like a rabbit half the time.’ (W. Saroyan, ‘The Human Comedy’, ch. III) — - Участвовал в испано-американской войне, - сказал старик. - Не воевал, а все время драпал.

‘Now there's a girl who really runs,’ he said... ‘She runs like a deer. Wonder if she's ever had any athletic training.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Sunbather's Diary’, ch. 3) — - Да, эта девушка умеет бегать, - сказал Хартсел. - Она бегает, как серна. Интересно знать, не занималась ли она легкой атлетикой.

The boy was far ahead running like a deer. (I. Murdoch, ‘The Italian Girl’, ch. XIII) — Парень намного обогнал меня. Он бежал как угорелый.


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

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