Т244
ТУЧА ТУЧЕЙ
collNPInvarfixed WO 1. -ходить, прийти и т. п. Also: мрачный КАК ТУЧА (subjcompl with copula (subj: human or modif ) morose, sullen, in a bad mood: (look) gloomy (grim)
(walk around) as black as thunder(look) (as) black as thunder(look) as black (dark) as a thundercloud.
2. - кого-чего (quantit subj-compl with copula ( subj / gen
human or animal)) (in some place there is) a very large or excessive quantity (of animals, insects, or less often, people): (there's) a multitude (a swarm, a throng, a horde) of
NPs)(there are) droves of
NPs)(some place is) swarming (teeming) with
NPs).