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Wiktionary Appendix:Similes
The following is an alphabetical list of common similes used in English.
as bald as a coot
as black as the ace of spades
as black as ink
as black as night
as black as pitch
as black as soot
as blind as a bat
as blind as a mole
as bright as a button
as brown as a berry
as busy as a bee
as calm as a millpond
as cheap as chips
as cheap as dirt
as chirpy as a cricket
as clean as a whistle
as clear as a bell
as clear as crystal
as clear as mud
as cold as charity
as cold as ice
as common as muck
as cool as a cucumber
as cross as two sticks
as daft as a brush
as dead as a dodo
as dead as a doornail
as dead as mutton
as deaf as a post
as different as chalk and cheese
as drunk as a lord
as drunk as a skunk
as dry as a bone
as dry as dust
as dull as ditchwater
as easy as ABC
as easy as falling off a log
as easy as pie
as fat as a pig
as fit as a fiddle
as flat as a pancake
as free as a bird
as free as the wind
as good as gold
as green as grass
as happy as the day is long
as happy as a lark
as happy as Larry
as happy as a pig in mud
as happy as a sandboy
as hard as nails
as hard as a rock
as heavy as lead
as hot as blazes
as hot as hell
as keen as mustard
as large as life
as light as a feather
as like as two peas in a pod
as lively as a cricket
as mad as a hatter
as mad as a March hare
as meek as a lamb
as merry as a cricket
as neat as a new pin
as nice as ninepence (
British
)
as nutty as a fruit cake
as old as the hills
as old as Methuselah
as pale as death
as plain as the nose on your face
as plain as a pikestaff
as pleased as Punch
as poor as a churchmouse
as pretty as a picture
as proud as a peacock
as pure as the driven snow
as queer as a coot
as queer as a nine-bob note (
British
)
as quick as a flash
as quick as lightning
as quick as thought
as red as a beetroot
as red as blood
as regular as clockwork
as rich as Croesus
as right as rain
as safe as houses
as sharp as a knife
as sharp as a needle
as sick as a dog
as sick as a parrot
as silent as the grave
as slippery as an eel
as sly as a fox
as snug as a bug in a rug
as solid as a rock
as sound as a bell
as steady as a rock
as stiff as a poker
as straight as an arrow
as straight as a die
as strong as an ox
as stubborn as a mule
as sure as death
as sure as eggs is eggs
as thick as shit
as thick as thieves
as thick as two short planks
as thin as a rake
as tight as a drum
as timid as a mouse
as timid as a rabbit
as tough as nails
as tough as old boots
as ugly as sin
as warm as toast
as weak as a kitten
as welcome as the flowers in May
as white as a sheet
as white as snow
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