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Taco4Me(Dottie)


Similes

As wet as a fish ---- as dry as a bone;
As live as a bird ---- as dead as a stone;
As plump as a partridge ---- as poor as a rat;
As strong as a horse ---- as weak as a cat;
As hard as a flint ---- as soft as a mole;
As white as a lily ---- as black as a coal;
As plain as a pike-staff ---- as rough as a bear;
As light as a drum ---- as free as the air;
As heavy as lead ---- as light as a feather;
As steady as time ---- uncertain as weather;
As hot as an oven ---- as cold as a frog;
As gay as a lark ---- as sick as a dog;
As slow as a tortoise ---- as swift as the wind;
As true as the Gospel ---- as false as mankind;
As thin as a herring ---- as fat as a pig;
As proud as a peacock ---- as blithe as a grig;
As savage as tigers ---- as mild as a dove;
As stiff as a poker ---- as limp as a glove;
As blind as a bat ---- as deaf as a post;
As cool as a cucumber ---- as warm as toast;
As flat as a flounder ---- as round as a ball;
As blunt as a hammer ----as sharp as an awl;
As red as a ferret ---- as safe as the stocks;
As bold as a thief ---- as sly as a fox;
As straight as an arrow -- as crooked as a bow;
As yellow as saffron ---- as black as a sloe;
As brittle as glass ---- as tough as gristle;
As neat as my nail ---- as clean as a whistle;
As good as a feast ---- as bad as a witch;
As light as is day ---- as dark as is pitch;
As brisk as a bee ---- as dull as an ass;
As full as a tick ---- as solid as brass.