COMPARISONS OR SIMILES
A
as active as quicksilver.
as afraid as a grasshopper.
as ageless as the sun.
as agile as a cat-a monkey.
as alert as a chamois-as a bird in springtime.
as alike as two peas.
as alone as a leper-as Crusoe.
as ambitious as the devil-as Lady Macbeth.
as ancient as the sun-as the stars.
as angry as a wasp.
as far apart as the poles.
as arid as the sands of Sahara.
as artificial as clockwork-as made ice.
as audacious as the day.
as awful as justice as thunder-as silence.
as awkward as a cow on ice.
B
as bad as the itch-as a blight.
as bald as a coot-as a billiard ball-as an egg.
as bare as a stone-as winter.
as barren as winter rain.
as bashful as a schoolgirl.
as beautiful as the sunset-as the rainbow.
as big as an elephant-as a whale.
as bitter as hemlock-as wormwood-as gali.
as black as ebony.
as blameless as the snow.
as blank as an empty bottle.
as blind as a bat-as ignorance.
as blithe as May.
as blue as indigo-as forget-me-nots.
as blunt as a hammer-as the back of a knife.
as boisterous as stormy sea winds.
as bold as brass-as a lion.
as boundless as the ocean.
as bounteous as nature.
as brainless as a chimpanzee.
as brave as Achilles.
as brief as time-as a dream.
as bright as a new penny-as a new shilling-as bright as a button.
as brilliant as a mirror-as stars.
as brisk as a flea-as a bailiff.
as brittle as glass.
as broad as Heaven's expanse.
as brown as a berry-as a bun-as hazelnuts.
as buoyant as wings.
C
as calm as a summer sea-as glass-as death.
as candid as mirrors.
as careless as the wind.
as cautious as a fox-as a Scot.
as certain as the rising of the morning sun-as Christmas.
as changeable as the moons.
as chaste as Minerva-as a lily.
as cheap as dirt-as lies.
as cheeky as a young bantam cock.
as cheerful as the birds-as the day was long.
as cheerless as the grave.
as cheery as a sunbeam.
as chill as death-as chilly as a tomb.
as chubby as a cherub.
as clammy as death.
as clean as a Dutch oven-as a new pin.
as clear as daylight-as crystal-as a bell-as rock water.
as clever as paint.
as coarse as hemp-as fustian.
as clumsy as a bear.
as cold as a dog's nose-as cold as a frog-as cold as a corpse.
as comfortable as coin.
as common as pins-as common as poverty-as dirt.
as complacent as a cat. as confident as Hercules-as justice.
as conscientious as a dog.
as consoling as night.
as constant as the sun.
as contagious as a yawn.
as contrary as light and dark.
as convincing as the multiplication table.
as cool as a cucumber.
as costly as an election.
as cosy as the nest of a bird.
as countless as the stars-as hairs-as the desert sands.
as cowardly as a wild duck.
as crafty as a fox.
as credulous as a child.
as crisp as new bank notes.
as crooked as a corkscrew.
as cruel as Media-as winter-as death.
as cunning as a fox-as a monkey.
as curious as a fish.
D
as dangerous as machine-guns.
as dark as a dungeon-as pitch-as midnight.
as dead as a doornail-as the Roman Empire-as wood-as mutton.
as deaf as a beetle-as the billows.
as deceitful as the devil.
as deceptive as the mirage of the desert.
as deep as despair-as hell-as the sea.
as dejected as a wet hen.
as delicious as forbidden fruit-as a dream.
as desolate as a tomb.
as devoted as a faithful dog.
as difficult as a Greek puzzle-as a beginning.
as dirty as a hog.
as disappointing as wet gunpowder.
as dismal as a hearse.
as distant as the horizon.
as dizzy as a goose.
as docile as a lamb.
as dreadful as a gathering storm.
as dreary as an Asian steppe-as an empty house.
as drunk as a top-as fish-as a beggar. as dry as dust-as a bone.
as dull as ditch water-as lead.
as dumb as an oyster-as a mouse.
E
as eager as a bridegroom.
as easy as pie-as shelling peas-as lying.
as elastic as a caterpillar.
as eloquent as Cicero.
as elusive as quicksilver.
as empty as an idiot's mind-as space.
as enticing as a riddle.
as essential as the dew.
as expensive as glory.
F
as fabulous as Aladdin's ring.
as faint as the hum of distant bees.
as fair as the morn-as truth-as Eve in Paradise.
as faithful as the dog-as the sun.
as faithful as fair weather.
as false as dice.
as familiar as an oath-as a popular song.
as far as the poles asunder.
as fast as light-as an eagle-as a storm.
as fat as a porpoise-a sheep's tail-as a distillery pig.
as fickle as the weather-as friends-as the sea.
as fidgety as an old maid.
as fierce as a famished wolf-as wolves.
as firm as faith-as adamant-as rocky mountains-as steel.
as fit as a fiddle.
as fixed as the laws of the Medes and the Persians-as fate.
as flabby as a sponge.
as flat as a pancake-as flat as the fens of Holland.
as fleet as a greyhound-as the wind.
as flimsy as gauze-as gossamer.
as foolish as a calf.
as foul as slander-as a sty.
as frail as a lily-as flowers-as glass.
as free as a breeze-as thought-as a fly.
as fresh as dew-as a sea breeze-as a rose
as friendless as an alarm clock. as friendly as a puppy.
as frigid as an iceberg.
frightened as Macbeth before the ghost of Banquo.
as as frisky as a colt.
as frizzled as a lawyer's wig.
as fruitful as Egypt.
as full as an egg is of meat.
G
as game as a fighting cock.
as garrulous as a magpie-as an old maid.
as gaudy as a butterfly.
as gay as a bullfinch-as larks-as the spring.
as generous as a dream-as a lord.
as genial as sunshine.
as gentle as a fawn as a turtle dove as sleep as falling dew.
as glad as a fly-as a blooming tree.
as glib as glass.
as glossy as a mole as the finest silk.
as gloomy as night.
as glorious as the sun.
as glum as an oyster-as mud.
as gluttonous as curiosity.
as good as gold-as a play.
as gorgeous as a Sultana-as the Heavens.
as graceful as a fawn.
as gracious as the morn-as a duchess.
as grand as a victory as a Greek statue-as the world.
as grave as a judge.
as grey as time-as smoke.
as great as a lord.
as greedy as a hog-as a cormorant.
as green as grass-as a leaf.
as grim as death-as hell.
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