smoke like a chimney

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Verb

smoke like a chimney (third-person singular simple present smokes like a chimney, present participle smoking like a chimney, simple past and past participle smoked like a chimney)

(idiomatic, simile) To smoke tobacco frequently.

Translations

to smoke tobacco frequently

Finnish: polttaa kuin korsteeni
French: fumer comme une cheminée (fr), fumer comme un pompier (fr), fumer comme un Turc (fr), fumer comme un sapeur (fr), fumer comme un dragon
German: Rauchen wie ein Schlot
Greek: καπνίζω σαν αράπης (kapnízo san arápis), καπνίζω σαν φουγάρο (kapnízo san fougáro)
Italian: fumare come una ciminiera, fumare come un turco
Polish: palić jak smok (pl) impf, palić jak lokomotywa impf
Romanian: a fuma ca un turc
Russian: дымить, как паровоз (dymitʹ, kak parovoz, literally “smoke like a steam engine”)
Spanish: fumar como un carretero, fumar como chino en quiebra (es)
Swedish: röka som en borstbindare
Turkish: baca gibi tüttürmek, fosur fosur sigara içmek

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