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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | мрачнее тучи | as black as thunder |
| gen. | мрачнее тучи | with a face like thunder (triumfov) |
| gen. | мрачнее тучи | black as sin |
| gen. | мрачнее тучи | black as thundercloud |
| gen. | мрачнее тучи | black as thunder-cloud |
| gen. | мрачнее тучи | black as thunder |
| idiom. | мрачнее тучи | as black as thunder ("All day he would wander about as black as thunder, and he took to drinking a deal more than was good for him." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) – бродил мрачнее тучи ART Vancouver) |
| proverb | мрачнее тучи | as black as sin |
| gen. | мрачнее тучи | doom and gloom (feeling, or acting in a manner consistent with, pessimism and despair: His sister was all doom and gloom after she lost the part. 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | мрачнее тучи | as black as night |
| Makarov. | мрачные грозовые тучи | lurid thunder-clouds |
| gen. | мрачные тучи | lowering clouds |
| Игорь Миг | мрачный как туча | morose |
| Makarov. | он весь день мрачный как туча | he has been in a black mood all day |