blow like a grampus

blow like a grampus
(blow (или puff) like a grampus)
тяжело дышать, пыхтеть

He could have laid Frisco out long before he did, got him dancing mad and blowing like a grampus before he let him have a dinnyazer that knocked him. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 3) — Он мог бы тут же уложить Фриско на обе лопатки, но он заставил его сначала повертеться да попыхтеть, а уже потом повалил наземь.

We always knew when father was coming to our attic: the stairs made him pufl like a grampus... (DEI) — Мы всегда знали, когда отец взбирается к нам на чердак: поднимаясь по лестнице, он пыхтел как паровоз...


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

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