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!

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simile
alike as two peas in a pod
bald as a coot
big as a bus
big as an elephant
black as a sweep
black as coal
black as pitch
blind as a bat
blind as a mole
bold as brass

meaning
identical or nearly so
completely bald
very big
very big
completely black
completely black
completely black
completely blind
completely blind
very bold

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

very
very
very
very
very
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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
as fresh as a daisy

completely deaf
very different

comment

sweep = chimney sweep

may be exaggeration
may be exaggeration
usually in a negative
sense

brave
bright
bright and shiny
busy
busy
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 drunk
very dry
very dry
dull, boring
very easy
very easy
completely flat
very free to go anywhere
very fresh

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

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gentle as a lamb
good as gold
happy as a lark
hard as nails
hot as hell
hungry as a bear
hungry as a wolf
innocent as a lamb
large as life
light as a feather
light as air
mad as a hatter
mad as a hornet
nutty as a fruitcake
obstinate as a mule
old as the hills
pale as death
plain as day
poor as a church mouse
poor as dirt
proud as a peacock
pure as snow
pure as the driven snow
quick as a wink
quick as lightning
quick as silver
quiet as a church mouse
safe as houses
scarce as hen's teeth

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sharp as a razor
sick as a dog
sick as a parrot
silent as the dead
silent as the grave
slippery as an eel

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

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)

very sharp
very sick
very sick
completely silent
completely silent
slippery, evasive, not to be
of a person
trusted
slow as a snail
very slow
slow as a tortoise
very slow
smooth as silk
very smooth
snug as a bug in a rug
in a very comfortable position humorous
sober as a judge
sober
solid as a rock
solid
solid as the ground we stand solid

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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

very clear
very sour
very steady
completely stiff
straight
very strong

of a sound

an arrow flies straight

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

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

often said of a person

often said of a person
irony/sarcasm (skunks
stink)
very pale or white in the face of a person
pure white
pure white
very wise
King Solomon
very wise