close as wax in English

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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "close as wax (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      "glosses": [
        "miserly, tight, or secretive"
      ],
      "id": "en-close_as_wax-en-adj-QCWnn7W5",
      "links": [
        [
          "miserly",
          "miserly"
        ],
        [
          "tight",
          "tight"
        ],
        [
          "secretive",
          "secretive"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile, colloquial) miserly, tight, or secretive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close as wax"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "close as wax (not comparable)",
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "English colloquialisms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English similes",
        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "miserly, tight, or secretive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miserly",
          "miserly"
        ],
        [
          "tight",
          "tight"
        ],
        [
          "secretive",
          "secretive"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile, colloquial) miserly, tight, or secretive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close as wax"
}

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"close as wax" meaning in English

Adjective