(as) smooth as a billiard table

(as) smooth as a billiard table
   "глaдкий кaк бильяpдный cтoл", oчeнь глaдкий, poвный (o лужaйкe, дopoгe, пoлe и т. п.)
    I walked slowly round the tree, searching the trunk for any foot or handholds on the bark which would enable Peter to climb to the top, but the bark was as smooth as a billiard ball (G. DurrelD. It takes many years of careful cutting and rolling to get a lawn as smooth as a billiard table

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