- chain-smoking
- adj or noun
Chain smoking is very dangerous to health.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
chain-smoking
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