similes. a comparison of two unlike things. “like” or “as”
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Similes
Similes
•A comparison of two unlike things.
•“like” or “as”
I’m as hungry as a horse.
You are as busy as a beaver.
You’re as blind as a bat.
You’re as slow as molasses.
You eat like a pig.
Sleep like a baby.
You have eyes like a hawk
It is as hard as a stone. But it is not a stone.It is as smooth, like glass, but it is not glass.It is hollow inside, like a cup. But it is not a cup.It is a shell. An animal made it. The shell was the animal’s home.
As agile as a monkeyAs alike as two peas in a pod
As annoying as nails scratching against a chalkboard.
As bald as a baby's backsideAs bald as a badger
As bald as a cootAs beautiful as nature
As big as a boatAs big as a bus
As big as an elephantAs black as a sweep
As black as coalAs black as one is painted
As black as pitchAs blind as a bat
As blind as a moleAs bold as brass
As brave as a lionAs bright as a button
As bright as a new pinAs bright as day
As bright as the sunAs busy as a beaver
As busy as a beeAs busy as a cat on a hot tin roof
As calm as a millpondAs clear as a bell
As clean as a hound's toothAs clean as a whistle
As clear as crystalAs clear as mudAs cold as ice
As common as dirtAs cool as a cucumber
As crazy as a loonAs cunning as a foxAs cute as a baby
As cute as a buttonAs cute as a cup cake
As damp as the salty blue oceanAs dead as a doornailAs dead as the dodo
As deaf as a postAs delicate as a flower
As dense as a brickAs different as chalk from cheese
As drunk as a lordAs dry as a bone
As dry as dustAs dull as dishwaterAs easy as A.B.C.
As easy as pieAs fast as a racecar
As fat as a hippoAs fat as a pig
As fit as a fiddleAs flat as a pancake
As free as a birdAs fresh as a daisy
As funny as a balloonAs gentle as a lamb As good as gold
As hairy as an apeAs happy as a clownAs happy as a larkAs happy as Larry
As happy as a rat with a gold toothAs hard as nailsAs hard as rockAs high as a kite
As hoarse as a crowAs hot as a fire cracker
As hot as hellAs hungry as a bearAs hungry as a wolf
As innocent as a lambAs keen as mustard
As large as lifeAs light as a feather
As light as airAs likely as not
As loud as a lionAs lowly as a wormAs mad as a hatterAs mad as a hornet
As mad as the march hareAs merry as a cricket
As modest as a maidenAs much use as a yard of pump water
As naked as a babyAs neat as a pin
As nutty as a fruitcakeAs obstinate as a mule
As old as dirtAs old as the hillsAs pale as death
As pale as a ghostAs patient as JobAs plain as day
As pleased as PunchAs poor as a church mouse
As poor as dirtAs pretty as a picture
As proud as a peacockAs pure as snow
As pure as the driven snowAs quick as a wink
As quick as lightningAs quick as silver
As quiet as a mouseAs rich as goldAs right as rain
As round as a barrelAs round as a circle
As round as a sphereAs safe as houses
As scarce as hen's teethAs sensitive as a flowerAs sharp as a needleAs sharp as a razor
As sick as a dogAs sick as a parrt
As silent as the deadAs silent as the grave
As silly as a gooseAs sleepy as a koalaAs slippery as an eelAs slow as molasses
As slow as a snailAs slow as a tortoiseAs slow as a turtle
As slow as a wet weekendAs sly as a fox
As smart as an owlAs smooth as silk
As snug as a bug in a rugAs sober as a judge
As soft as a baby's bottomAs solid as a rock
As solid as the ground we stand onAs sound as a bellAs sour as vinegarAs steady as a rock
As sticky as jamAs stiff as a boardAs still as death
As straight as an arrowAs strong as an ox
As stubborn as a muleAs sturdy as an oak
As sure as death and taxesAs sweet as honeyAs tall as a giraffeAs tight as a drumAs thick as a brickAs thin as a rake
As thin as a toothpickAs timid as a rabbit
As tiny as a grain of sandAs tough as leatherAs tough as nails
As tough as old bootsAs tricky as a box of monkeys
As welcome as a skunk at a lawn partyAs white as a ghostAs white as a sheetAs white as snow
As wise as SolomonAs wise as an owl