phrase
jak kao bik
strong as an ox, very strong (literally ‘as a bull’)
сильный как бык, силён как бык (образ тот же)
With stress
jȁk kȁo bȉk
In Cyrillic
јак као бик
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Next to it in the phrasebook
- kȁolike, as (comparing); as, in the role of (kao student, as a student…
- nȅgobut rather (after a negative); than (bigger than I am; opening a…
- ȍdfrom; of; than (+ Gen.: bigger than me)
- pȍpūtlike, resembling (+ Gen.; more bookish than kao)
- nȅgo štȍthan (before a clause; od cannot be used here)
- slȉčansimilar (na + Acc.)
- rázlikovati seto differ, to be different (od + Gen.)
- za rȁzliku odunlike, in contrast to (+ genitive)
- ȉsto kȁothe same as, just like (same as before)
- vȉšē nȅgomore than (more than enough)