smoke\ like\ a\ chimney

smoke\ like\ a\ chimney
v. phr. informal
To smoke very heavily and continuously.

"If you continue smoking like a chimney" the doctor told my uncle, "you'll wind up in the hospital with lung cancer."


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • smoke like a chimney — {v. phr.}, {informal} To smoke very heavily and continuously. * / If you continue smoking like a chimney the doctor told my uncle, you ll wind up in the hospital with lung cancer. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • smoke like a chimney — {v. phr.}, {informal} To smoke very heavily and continuously. * / If you continue smoking like a chimney the doctor told my uncle, you ll wind up in the hospital with lung cancer. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • smoke like a chimney — smoke tobacco incessantly * * * smoke like a chimney chiefly US informal : to smoke a lot of cigarettes, cigars, etc. She still smokes like a chimney despite warnings from her doctor. • • • Main Entry: ↑smoke …   Useful english dictionary

  • smoke like a chimney — Someone who smokes very heavily smokes like a chimney …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • smoke like a chimney —    Someone who smokes very heavily smokes like a chimney.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Someone who smokes a large amount of tobacco on a regular basis is said to smoke like a chimney.     My grandfather smoked like a chimney …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • smoke like a chimney — in. to smoke a great deal of tobacco or other smokable substances. □ My uncle smoked like a chimney when he was living. □ Somebody who smokes like a chimney in a restaurant ought to be thrown out …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Smoke like a chimney —   Someone who smokes very heavily smokes like a chimney …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • smoke like a chimney — chain smoke, smoke one cigarette after another, smoke a lot …   English contemporary dictionary

  • smoke like a chimney — verb To smoke tobacco frequently …   Wiktionary

  • chimney — chim|ney [ˈtʃımni] n ↑chimney, ↑gutter [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: cheminée, from Late Latin caminata, from Latin caminus fireplace , from Greek kaminos] 1.) a vertical pipe that allows smoke from a fire to pass out of a building up… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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