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

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 meaning comment
as alike as two peas in a identical or nearly so

pod
as bald as a coot completely bald a stupid or eccentric person, typically an old man.
John. born 1963, British Conservative politician; speaker of the House of

as bent as a Bercow very corrupt Commons from 2009.
as big as a bus very big
as big as an elephant very big
as black as a sweep completely black sweep = chimney sweep
as black as coal completely black
as black as pitch completely black
as blind as a bat completely blind may be exaggeration
as blind as a mole completely blind may be exaggeration

as bold as brass very bold usually in a negative sense

with extreme confidence or without the respect or politeness people usually show:
as brave as a lion very brave
as bright as a button very bright
as bright as a new pin very bright and shiny
as busy as a beaver very busy
as busy as a bee very busy

as busy as a cat on a hot very busy very nervous and restless, agitated – busy bee
tin roof
busy as popcorn on a skillet
as calm as a millpond very calm and still usually said of water - a body of water used as a reservoir for a water-
powered mill.
as clear as a bell very clear of a sound
as clean as a whistle very clean
as clear as crystal very clear
as clear as mud not at all clear irony or sarcasm

as cold as ice very cold
as common as dirt very common, rude, usually said of a person

vulgar
as cool as a cucumber Cool
as cunning as a fox Cunning
as dead as a doornail Dead
as dead as the dodo dead, extinct the dodo is an extinct bird

as deaf as a post completely deaf may be exaggeration
as different as chalk from very different

cheese
as drunk as a lord completely drunk
as dry as a bone very dry
as dry as dust very dry
as dull as dishwater dull, boring usually said of a person

as easy as A.B.C. very easy
as easy as apple-pie very easy
as flat as a pancake completely flat
as free as a bird very free to go

anywhere
as fresh as a daisy very fresh
as gentle as a lamb very gentle usually said of a person

as good as gold very good and usually said of a person

obedient
as happy as a lark very happy usually said of a person A lark is also a kind of songbird. Using lark to
describe carefree fun might come from 1800s sailors' slang, skylark, to
describe playing in the rigging of the ship, up high like a lark.
as hard as nails very tough in character of a person
as hot as hell very hot A colloquial phrase used to describe anything in that could be described as hot in the extreme.
Used to describe a wide variety of factors, exempli gratia temperature, spiciness of a food
or aesthetically pleasing members of the opposite sex.
as hungry as a bear very hungry
as hungry as a wolf very hungry

as innocent as a lamb innocent, not worldly- usually said of a person
wise
as large as life conspicuously present
as light as a feather very light
as light as air very light
as mad as a hatter completely crazy Mercury was used in hat making business that caused meurological
damage to hatters.
as mad as a hornet very angry Hornet is a type of bee.

as nutty as a fruitcake completely crazy
as obstinate as a mule very obstinate,

stubborn
as old as the hills very, very old
as pale as death very pale or white in of a person

the face
as plain as day very clear
as poor as a church poverty-stricken Churches are known to store food. The mouses there will also be
mouse impoverished.
as poor as dirt poverty-stricken

as proud as a peacock very proud
as pure as snow pure and innocent
as pure as the driven pure and innocent

snow
as quick as a wink very quick(ly)
as quick as lightning very quick(ly)
as quick as silver very quick In changing the subject of conversation
as quiet as a church very quiet, silent and

mouse meek
as safe as houses very safe, secure
as scarce as hen's teeth very, very scarce irony (hens have no teeth)
as sharp as a razor very sharp
as sick as a dog very sick
as sick as a parrot very sick
as silent as the dead completely silent
as silent as the grave completely silent
as slippery as an eel slippery, evasive of a person

as slow as a snail very slow
as slow as a tortoise very slow
as smooth as silk very smooth
as snug as a bug in a rug in a very comfortable Humorous

position
as sober as a judge sober
as solid as a rock solid
as solid as the ground we solid

stand on
as sound as a bell very clear of a sound
as sour as vinegar very sour
as steady as a rock very steady
as stiff as a board completely stiff
as straight as an arrow straight an arrow flies straight
as strong as an ox very strong
as stubborn as a mule very stubborn,

obstinate
as sturdy as an oak very strong and solid
as sure as death and taxes absolutely certain to

happen
as tall as a giraffe very tall
as thin as a rake very thin
as timid as a rabbit very timid
as tough as leather very tough
as tough as nails very tough often said of a person

as tough as old boots very tough often said of a person
as welcome as a skunk at not welcome at all irony or sarcasm (skunks stink)

a lawn party
as white as a ghost very pale or white in of a person

the face
as white as a sheet pure white
as white as snow pure white
as wise as Solomon very wise King Solomon
as wise as an owl very wise

A breath of melancholy made itself felt like a chill and sudden gust from some unknown sea
A glacial pang of pain like the stab of a dagger of ice frozen from a poisoned well
A name which sounds even now like the call of a trumpet
As amusing as a litter of likely young pigs
Brute terrors like the scurrying of rats in a deserted attic
Cheeks as soft as July peaches
Debasing fancies gather like foul birds
Dull as champagne
Each moment was an iridescent bubble fresh-blown from the lips of fancy
Easy as a poet’s dream
Grazing through a circulating library as contentedly as cattle in a fresh meadow
He snatched furiously at breath like a tiger snatching at meat

He was so weak now, like a shrunk cedar white with the hoar-frost
Her dusky cheek would burn like a poppy
Her expression changed with the rapidity of a kaleidoscope
Her hair dropped on her pallid cheeks, like sea-weed on a clam
Her laugh is like a rainbow-tinted spray
Herding his thoughts as a collie dog herds sheep
His nerves thrilled like throbbing violins
His talk is like an incessant play of fireworks
I was as sensitive as a barometer
Incredible little white teeth, like snow shut in a rose
Laughter like a beautiful bubble from the rosebud of baby-hood
Like a crowd of frightened porpoises a shoal of sharks pursue
Like a damp-handed auctioneer
Like a festooned girdle encircling the waist of a bride

Like a slim bronze statue of Despair
Like a summer-dried fountain
Like dead lovers who died true
Like Death, who rides upon a thought, and makes his way through temple, tower, and palace
Like some unshriven churchyard thing, the friar crawled
Like the detestable and spidery araucaria
Like the sea-worm, that perforates the shell of the mussel, which straightway closes the wound with a
pearl
Like thoughts whose very sweetness yielded proof that they were born for immortality
Love had like the canker-worm consumed her early prime
Odorous as all Arabia
Pale and grave as a sculptured nun
Pride and self-disgust served her like first-aid surgeons on the battlefield
Put on gravity like a robe

The dreams of poets come like music heard at evening from the depth of some enchanted forest
The pine trees waved as waves a woman’s hair
Whose music like a robe of living light reclothed each new-born age

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as alike as two peas in a identical or nearly so

John. born 1963, British Conservative politician; speaker of the House of

as big as a bus very big

as big as an elephant very big

as black as a sweep completely black sweep = chimney sweep

as black as coal completely black

as black as pitch completely black

as blind as a bat completely blind may be exaggeration

as blind as a mole completely blind may be exaggeration

as bold as brass very bold usually in a negative sense

as brave as a lion very brave

as bright as a button very bright

as bright as a new pin very bright and shiny

as busy as a beaver very busy

as busy as a bee very busy

as clear as a bell very clear of a sound

as clean as a whistle very clean

as clear as crystal very clear

as clear as mud not at all clear irony or sarcasm

as cold as ice very cold

as common as dirt very common, rude, usually said of a person

as cool as a cucumber Cool

as cunning as a fox Cunning

as dead as a doornail Dead

as dead as the dodo dead, extinct the dodo is an extinct bird

as deaf as a post completely deaf may be exaggeration

as different as chalk from very different

as drunk as a lord completely drunk

as dry as a bone very dry

as dry as dust very dry

as dull as dishwater dull, boring usually said of a person

as easy as A.B.C. very easy

as easy as apple-pie very easy

as flat as a pancake completely flat

as free as a bird very free to go

as fresh as a daisy very fresh

as gentle as a lamb very gentle usually said of a person

as good as gold very good and usually said of a person

as hard as nails very tough in character of a person

as hungry as a bear very hungry

as hungry as a wolf very hungry

as large as life conspicuously present

as light as a feather very light

as light as air very light

as mad as a hornet very angry Hornet is a type of bee.

as obstinate as a mule very obstinate,

as old as the hills very, very old

as pale as death very pale or white in of a person

as plain as day very clear

as poor as dirt poverty-stricken

as pure as snow pure and innocent

as pure as the driven pure and innocent

as quick as a wink very quick(ly)

as quick as lightning very quick(ly)

as quick as silver very quick In changing the subject of conversation