Je was op zoek naar: vloek soos 'n matroos (Afrikaans - Engels)

suur soos n
suur soos n

soos 'n bakker.
like a baker.

rats soos n kat
as agile as a cat

soos 'n swart gat.
- like a black hole. - yes.

ek voel soos 'n man!
i feel quite the bully!

amper soos 'n geskenk
just like that! kind of... like a present.

hy kraai soos 'n haan.
- you quarrel all the time!

-dit lyk soos 'n 50ste
look's like a 50th.

jy draai soos 'n weerhaan.
you're talking utter rot and inconsistently at that

metafoor so stout soos n
metaphor as naughty as n

hy het die vloek aangetrek soos 'n kleed en- dit het soos water in sy binneste gekom en soos olie in sy gebeente.
as he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

miskien sal my vader my betas, en ek sal in sy oë wees soos 'n spotter; so sou ek dan 'n vloek oor my bring en nie 'n seën nie.
my father peradventure will feel me, and i shall seem to him as a deceiver; and i shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.