"strong as an ox" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-strong as an ox.ogg [Australia] Forms: as strong as an ox [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=as strong as an ox}} as strong as an ox
  1. (simile) Very strong and powerful. Translations (very strong and powerful): 氣壯如牛 (Chinese Mandarin), 气壮如牛 (qìzhuàngrúniú) (Chinese Mandarin), vahva kuin härkä (Finnish), fort comme un Turc (French), stark wie ein Ochse (German), bivalyerős (Hungarian), erős, mint a bivaly (Hungarian), sterk som en bjørn (Norwegian), sterk som en okse (Norwegian), mocny jak byk (Polish), silny jak byk (Polish), силён как бык (siljón kak byk) (Russian), stark som en björn (Swedish), stark som en oxe (Swedish), שטאַרק ווי אַ פֿערד (shtark vi a ferd) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-strong_as_an_ox-en-adj-uqaCqR9i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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