English / idiom
Smoke Like a Chimney
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To smoke cigarettes or tobacco heavily and continuously.
In context
01
During his stressful youthful days, my uncle used to smoke like a chimney, but he quit to enjoy a healthy retirement.
02
Doctors warned the veteran actor that if he continued to smoke like a chimney, his voice would fail him.
Synonyms
chain-smoke,puff continuously,smoke heavily
Antonyms
abstain from smoking,be a non-smoker,quit smoking
Collocations
used to smoke like a chimney,continue to smoke like a chimney,stop smoking like a chimney