phrase
pije kao smuk
drinks heavily (lit. “drinks like a whip snake”)
пьёт не просыхая (букв. «пьёт как полоз» — smuk, змея)
With stress
pȉjē kȁo smȕk
In Cyrillic
пије као смук
In phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- kȁolike; as
- nȅgobut rather; than
- ȍdfrom; of; than (in comparisons: veći od mene)
- pȍpūtlike, resembling (+ genitive; more bookish than kao)
- nȅgo štȍthan (before a clause: skuplje je nego što sam mislio; od cannot be…
- slȉčansimilar (na + acc.)
- rázlikovati seto differ, to be different (od + genitive)
- za rȁzliku odunlike, in contrast to (+ genitive)
- ȉsto kȁothe same as, just like (isto kao i pre — same as before)
- vȉšē nȅgomore than (više nego dovoljno — more than enough)