phrase
zdrav kao dren
in perfect health (lit. “healthy as a cornel tree”)
здоров как бык (букв. «здоров как кизил»)
With stress
zdrȁv kȁo drȇn
In Cyrillic
здрав као дрен
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- 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)