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КАК НА ДРОЖЖАХ расти, подниматься и т. п. coll как + PrepP Invar adv (intensif)) (of a person- usu. an adolescent, a city, a house under construction etc) (to grow) very quickly: (grow) by leaps and bounds (grow) like mad (crazy) (of a building, city etc) (grow) like a mushroom (in limited contexts, usu. of a teenager) (grow) like a weed (a beanstalk) shoot up.

Дом водопроводчика поднимался, как на дрожжах: ряд за рядом, ряд за рядом... из первосортного огнеупора, в два с половиной кирпича... (Максимов 3). The plumber's house was growing by leaps and bounds: row by row, it rose, each row two-and-a-half thicknesses of the best firebrick (3a).

(Жарков:) Москва как на дрожжах поднимается (Розов 4). (Zh.:) Moscow is growing like a mushroom (4a).