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The document contains over 50 common English similes and their meanings. Many describe things or people as being as [trait] as possible, such as "as black as coal" or "as stubborn as a mule." Others use exaggeration for effect, like "as hungry as a wolf" or "as mad as a hatter." The similes paint vivid word pictures to convey how alike, extreme, or exaggerated something is in a memorable yet concise way.

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Simile

The document contains over 50 common English similes and their meanings. Many describe things or people as being as [trait] as possible, such as "as black as coal" or "as stubborn as a mule." Others use exaggeration for effect, like "as hungry as a wolf" or "as mad as a hatter." The similes paint vivid word pictures to convey how alike, extreme, or exaggerated something is in a memorable yet concise way.

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simile as alike as two peas in a pod as bald as a coot as big as a bus as big as an elephant as black as a sweep as black as coal

as black as pitch as blind as a bat as blind as a mole as bold as brass as brave as a lion as bright as a button as bright as a new pin as busy as a beaver as busy as a bee as busy as a cat on a hot tin roof as calm as a millpond as clear as a bell as clean as a whistle as clear as crystal as clear as mud as cold as ice as common as dirt as cool as a cucumber as cunning as a fox as dead as a doornail as dead as the dodo as deaf as a post as different as chalk from cheese as drunk as a lord as dry as a bone as dry as dust as dull as dishwater as easy as A.B.C. as easy as apple-pie as flat as a pancake as free as a bird

meaning identical or nearly so completely bald very big very big completely black completely black completely black completely blind completely blind very bold very brave very bright very bright and shiny very busy very busy very busy very calm and still very clear very clean very clear not at all clear very cold very common, rude, vulgar cool cunning dead dead, extinct completely deaf very different completely drunk very dry very dry dull, boring very easy very easy completely flat very free to go anywhere

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sweep = chimney sweep

may be exaggeration may be exaggeration usually in a negative sense

usually said of water of a sound

irony/sarcasm usually said of a person

the dodo is an extinct bird may be exaggeration

usually said of a person

as fresh as a daisy as gentle as a lamb as good as gold as happy as a lark as hard as nails as hot as hell as hungry as a bear as hungry as a wolf as innocent as a lamb as large as life as light as a feather as light as air as mad as a hatter as mad as a hornet as nutty as a fruitcake as obstinate as a mule as old as the hills as pale as death as plain as day as poor as a church mouse as poor as dirt as proud as a peacock as pure as snow as pure as the driven snow as quick as a wink as quick as lightning as quick as silver as quiet as a church mouse as safe as houses as scarce as hen's teeth as sharp as a razor as sick as a dog as sick as a parrot as silent as the dead as silent as the grave as slippery as an eel as slow as a snail as slow as a tortoise as smooth as silk

very fresh very gentle usually said of a person very good and obedient usually said of a person very happy usually said of a person very tough in character of a person very hot very hungry very hungry innocent, not worldly-wise usually said of a person conspicuously present very light very light completely crazy very angry completely crazy very obstinate, stubborn very, very old very pale or white in the face of a person very clear poverty-stricken poverty-stricken very proud pure and innocent pure and innocent very quick(ly) very quick(ly) very quick very quiet very safe, secure irony (hens have no very, very scarce teeth) very sharp very sick very sick completely silent completely silent slippery, evasive, not to be of a person trusted very slow very slow very smooth

as snug as a bug in a rug as sober as a judge as solid as a rock as solid as the ground we stand on as sound as a bell as sour as vinegar as steady as a rock as stiff as a board as straight as an arrow as strong as an ox as stubborn as a mule as sturdy as an oak as sure as death and taxes as tall as a giraffe as thin as a rake as timid as a rabbit as tough as leather as tough as nails as tough as old boots as welcome as a skunk at a lawn party as white as a ghost as white as a sheet as white as snow as wise as Solomon as wise as an owl

in a very comfortable position sober solid solid very clear very sour very steady completely stiff straight very strong very stubborn, obstinate very strong and solid absolutely certain to happen very tall very thin very timid very tough very tough very tough

humorous

of a sound

an arrow flies straight

often said of a person often said of a person irony/sarcasm (skunks not welcome at all stink) very pale or white in the face of a person pure white pure white very wise King Solomon very wise

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