List of Similes by 6 Patience

Good job in sourcing so many similes. However, try to remember at least one or two of them and use it in your daily conversations and even in your writing. As I did mention in class, simile has the effect of triggering your imagination to better effect than adjectives.

As alike as two peas in a pod
As black as coal
As blind as a bat
As bold as brass
As boring as watching paint dry
As brave as a lion
As bright as the sun
As busy as a beaver
As busy as a bee
As clean as a whistle
As clear as crystal
As cold as ice
As cool as a cucumber
As crooked as a dog's hind leg
As draft as a brush
As dead as a doornail
As dead as a dodo
As deaf as a post
As different as chalk and cheese
As dry as a bone
As dry as dust
As easy as taking candy from a baby
As fake as a three-dollar bill
As far as the eye can see
As fast as greased lightning
As fit as a fiddle
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 green as grass
As hard as a rock
As hard as iron
As hard as nails
As heavy as lead
As helpless as a baby
As high as a kite
As hot as hell
As keen as mustard
As large as life
As light as air
As light as a feather
As old as the hills
As old as time
As passionate as young love
As playful as kittens
As persistent as mosquito
As poor/quiet as a church mouse
As pretty as a picture
As proud as a peacock
As pure as the driven snow
As quick as a flash
As red as a beetroot
As regular as clockwork
As right as rain
As safe as houses
As sick as a parrot
As silent as the grave
As skinny/thin as a rake
As slippery as an eel
As sly as a fox
As sharp as needle
As sharp as razor
As silly as a goose
As slow as a snail
As slow as a tortoise
As smooth as silk
As soft as a baby's bottom
As sober as a judge
As solid/steady as a rock
As sour as vinegar
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 sweet as honey
As sweet as a nut
As thick as a brick
As thick as thieves
As tough as old boots
As ugly as sin
As warm as toast
As weak as a kitten
As white as a sheet
As white as a ghost
As wise as an owl
As different as chalk from cheese
As gentle as a lamb
as good as gold
As solid as the ground we stand on
As slow as a wet weekend
As sure as death and taxes
As bumpy as a gravel road