heavy as lead

heavy as lead
((as) heavy as lead)
тяжёлый свинец, как свинцом налитый

...yet I am ashamed to say that selfishness took me by the soul, arid that my heart turned as heavy as lead within me. (A. C. Doyle, ‘The Sign of Four’, ch. IV) — ...но я должен, к своему стыду, сказать, что эгоистическое чувство одержало верх в моей душе и сердце мое налила свинцовая тяжесть.

His head felt empty, light as air, his feet were heavy as lead. Yet his mind was clear... (A. J. Cronin, ‘A Thing of Beauty’, part IV, ch. XII) — В голове у него была какая-то удивительная, звенящая пустота, а ноги казались тяжелыми, точно были налиты свинцом. Однако мозг его работал четко.


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

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