SIMILES

( Special qualities of creatures )

as afraid as a grasshopper as harmless as a dove
as agile as a monkey as heavy as an elephant
as angry as a wasp as hoarse as a raven
as big as a whale as hungry as a wolf
as blind as a bat as industrious as an ant/a
beaver
as brave as a lion as joyful as a fly
as bright as a lark as lazy as a toad
as busy as an ant/ a bee as large as a whale
as calm as a cat as like as two herrings
as cheerful as birds as lively as a cricket
as chirpy as a cricket as mad as a March hare
as clumsy as a bear as meek as a dove/ a lamb
as crafty as a fox as nervous as a
mouse
as deaf as a beetle as abstinate as a
mule
as dizzy as a goose as persistent as a
mosquito
as docile as a lamb as playful as a kitten/puppy/rabbit
as faithful as a dog as plump as a
partridge
as fast as a deer/an eagle/ a hare
as fat as a pig as poor as a church-
mouse
as fierce as a lion as proud as a peacock
as flat as a flounder as quiet as a mouse
as fleet as a gazelle as rude as a bear
as foolish as a calf as rugged as a
rhinoceros
as friendly as a puppy as shy as a fawn/a squirrel
as frisky as a lamb as sick as a dog
as game as a fighting-cock as silly as a sheep
as gaudy as a butterfly as slippery as an eel/ a
serpent
as gentle as a dove/ fawn/ lamb
as slow as a snail/ tortoise
as graceful as a swan as spineless as a jelly fish
as greedy as a hog/ pig as strong as a horse/ an
ox
as hairy as a gorilla/ spider as subtle as a
serpent
as happy as a lark as supple as a snake
as tricky as an ape
as sure-footed as a goat as useful as a cow
as suspicious as a cat as vain as a peacock
as swift as a deer/hare/hawk
as venomous as a snake
as talkative as a magpie as wasteful as a hen
as tenacious as a bulldog as wet as a fish
as tender as a chicken as wily as a fox
as timid as a mouse/rabbit as wise as an owl
SIMILES ( Special qualities of people)
as bashful as a schoolgirl as mean as a miser
as chubby as a cherub as old as
Methuselah
as devoted as a mother as patient as a Job
as eager as a bridegroom as regal as Juno
as feeble as a child as rich as a Croesus
as fickle as friends as rosy as a
bride
as happy as a child/king as sober as a judge
as harmless as a baby as stately as a queen
as helpless as a baby as strong as Hercules/Samson
as hungry as a hunter as tall as a giant
as impatient as a lover as tender as a
shepherd
as lovely as Venus as thick as
thieves
as loyal as an apostle as wise as Solomon
as mad as a hatter

SIMILES ( Special qualities of things)

as active as quicksilver as calm as death
as bald as an egg as careless as the wind
as bare as a stone as clean as a new pin
as beautiful as the rainbow as clear as a bell/
crystal
as bitter as a gall as cold as a corpse/ ice
as black as coal/ pitch/ sin/ soot as constant as the
sun
as blue as forget-me-nots/ indigo as cool as a cucumber
as blunt as a hammer as dark as a
dungeon/night
as bold as brass as dead as a doornail/wood
as boundless as the ocean as deaf as a doorpost
as bright as a button as dry as a bone/dust
as brilliant as the stars as dull as
ditchwater
as brittle as glass as easy as ABC/pie
as brown as a berry as fat as butter
as fickle as the weather as rough as a storm
as fit as a fiddle as sacred as a shrine
as flat as a pancake as sad as night
as flimsy as gauze as saucy as a
wave
as fresh as a daisy/dew/ paint as sensitive as a
flower
as gloomy as night
as sharp as a needle/razor
as good as gold/new as silent as the
grave/stone
as green as grass as smooth as glass/velvet
as hard as horn/ iron/nails/steel
as soft as butter/ putty/ wool
as heavy as lead as solid as a brick
as hollow as a drum as sound as a bell
as hot as fire/ furnace/ pepper as sour as
lime/vinegar
as immense as the sea as steady as a
rock
as inconstant as the moon
as stiff as a board/poker
as keen as mustard/razor as still as a log/ statue
as large as life as straight as an
arrow
as light as air/ feather as sturdy as an oak
as like as two peas as sweet as honey/sugar
as loud as thunder as swift as an arrow
as new as day as thin as a rake
as old as the hills as tight as a drum
as pale as death as tough as leather
as plain as a pikestaff as transparent as
glass
as pretty as a picture as true as the gospel/steel
as pure as a lily as ugly as a
scarecrow
as purple as the heather as upright as a tower
as quick as lightning
as warm as wool
as rare as a blue rose/ a comet
as weak as water
as red as blood/cherry/poppy
as right as rain
as regular as the clock/ clockwork
as yellow as sulphur
as young as dawn
as white as ivory/porcelain/sheet/ snow
as round as a barrel/ an orange