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List of AS... AS Similes: Simile Meaning Comment

The document lists many common similes that compare two unlike things using "as...as". Some examples include "as busy as a bee", "as clear as mud", "as blind as a bat", and "as stubborn as a mule". Most similes describe characteristics like size, color, speed, personality traits, and physical properties in a figurative way.

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List of AS... AS Similes: Simile Meaning Comment

The document lists many common similes that compare two unlike things using "as...as". Some examples include "as busy as a bee", "as clear as mud", "as blind as a bat", and "as stubborn as a mule". Most similes describe characteristics like size, color, speed, personality traits, and physical properties in a figurative way.

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List of AS...

AS Similes
This is a list of well-known AS...AS similes. There are more similes, of course, some common and others less common because anyone can make a simile at any time-you too! 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 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 the dodo is an extinct bird may be exaggeration usually said of a person irony/sarcasm usually said of water of a sound may be exaggeration may be exaggeration usually in a negative sense sweep = chimney sweep comment

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 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

dull, boring very easy very easy completely flat very free to go anywhere very fresh very gentle very good and obedient very happy very tough in character very hot very hungry very hungry innocent, not worldly-wise 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 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 very, very scarce very sharp very sick very sick completely silent completely silent

usually said of a person

usually said of a person usually said of a person usually said of a person of a person

usually said of a person

of a person

irony (hens have no teeth)

as slippery as an eel as slow as a snail as slow as a tortoise as smooth as silk 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

slippery, evasive, not to be trusted very slow very slow very smooth 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 not welcome at all very pale or white in the face pure white pure white very wise very wise

of a person

humorous

of a sound

an arrow flies straight

often said of a person often said of a person irony/sarcasm (skunks stink) of a person

King Solomon

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