SIMILE
(General)
As light as a snowflake
As fragile as glass
As grave as a judge
As rough as a bear
As still as a statue
As swift as a thought
As fierce as a tiger
As blithe as a bird
As old as the moon
As evanescent as a bubble
As deep as the sea
As graceful as Apollo
As beautiful as apple-blossoms
As hard as steel
As dark as pitch
As fierce as flame
As fleet as an arrow
As black as ebony
As white as snow
As thin as a shadow
As flat as a flounder
As sharp as a needle
As smooth as glass
As pale as a pearl
As welcome as a friend
As blind as a mole
As busy as a bee
As dry as dust
As fresh as a rose
As happy as an angel
As elastic as a steel spring
As dumb as an oyster
As illusive as a dream
As weak as water
As sweet as angel-dreams
As swift as a shadow
As short as a dream
As distant as a star
As cheerless as the Arctic
As black as ravens’ wings
As gray as ashes
As sharp as a sword
As white as chalk
As bold as a hawk
As clear as a whistle
As dull as lead
As broad as the sea
As hushed as the grave
As hopeful as the dawn
As soft as the south-wind
As swift as lightning
As sudden as thought
As clear as cloudless noon
As vague as a dream
As dry as a reed
As blue as violets
As hard as a stone
As invigorating as a sea-breeze
As happy as a child
As lithe as a panther
As impatient as the wind
Like wax to receive impressions
Like steel to retain impressions
Like one in a dream
Like the sea at rest
It clings like a burr
(Shakespeare)
Valiant as a lion.
Troilus and Cressida, I., 2
Churlish as the bear.
Troilus and Cressida, I., 2
Slow as the elephant.
Troilus and Cressida, I., 2
His nose was as sharp as a pen.
King Henry V., II., 3
As dead as a door-nail.
King Henry VI., IV., 10
The inaudible and noiseless foot of time.
All’s Well that Ends Well, V., 3
As loathsome as a toad.
Titus Andronicus, IV., 2
Black as ebony.
Love’s Labor’s Lost, IV., 3
As like as eggs.
The Winter’s Tale, I., 2
As broad and general as the casing air.
Macbeth, III., 4
Constant as the northern star.
Julius Cæsar, III., 1
Swift as a shadow.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, I., 1
As pure as the unsullied lily.
Love’s Labor’s Lost, V., 2
Mine as sure as bark on tree.
Love’s Labor’s Lost, V., 2
The lazy foot of time.
As You Like It, III., 2
Life is a shuttle.
The Merry Wives of Windsor, V., 1
The murmuring lips of discontent.
King John, IV., 2
Her sunny locks hang on her temples like a golden fleece.
The Merchant of Venice, I., 1
The tooth of time.
Measure for Measure, V., 1
As fat as butter.
I. King Henry IV., II., 4
As like you as cherry is to cherry.
King Henry VIII., V., 1
As like as rain to water.
King John, II., 1
Short as any dream.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, I., 1
Like an envious sneaping frost that bites the first-born infants of the spring.
Love’s Labor’s Lost, I., 1