as it were
〔挿入的に〕いわば，いってみれば（◆無理になりかねない比喩表現の力をやわらげるのに用いる；so to speak のほうが，ためらいの度合いが大きい）He is, as it were, a w...
(as) keen as mustard
((略式))非常に熱心な
(as) large as life
((略式))1 実物大の2 紛れもなく本人
as late as A
つい最近のＡ（時期）になっても（まだ）
(as) like as not
((略式))たぶん，おそらく
(as) likely as not((略式))
十中八九…だろう
as likely as not
おそらく
as little as A
わずかなＡ，たったのＡ
(as) long as one's arm
((略式))〈リスト・書類などが〉やたらと長い
as luck would have it
運よく；運悪く（◆意味に応じて luck の前に good，ill をつけることもある）
