туча тучей

• ТУЧА ТУЧЕЙ coll

[NP; Invar; fixed WO]

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1. туча тучей ходить, прийти и т.п. Also: мрачный КАК ТУЧА [subj-compl 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.

     ♦ "Разумеется, я осел, - проговорил он, мрачный как туча, - но ведь... и ты тоже" (Достоевский 3). "I know I'm a dope," he said, looking black as thunder, "but then...you're one too." (3a).

2. туча тучей 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].