(education) Grades or marks that are consistently A's.

(simile, colloquial) Extremely hot (all senses)

(simile) Very cute; adorable.

Free of disease-causing microbes. / (medicine) Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes. / (food industry) pasteurised.

A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.

(idiomatic) Sleeping still and silently.

As though; in a manner suggesting. / In mimicry of.

(idiomatic) Refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, far, as. / To the degree or extent that.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, far, as. / (sometimes proscribed; see usage note) With respect to; as relates to.