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English figures of speech in which one thing is compared to another.
For more information, see Appendix:English similes.
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- mad as a hatter
- mad as a mongoose
- mad as a bear with a sore head
- mad as a cut snake
- mad as a hornet
- mad as a March hare
- mad as a meat axe
- mad as a wet hen
- make out like a bandit
- March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
- memory like a sieve
- merry as a cricket
- merry as a grig
- midnight in a coal mine
- mild as milk
- mind like a sieve
- mind like a steel trap
- miserable as a wet hen
- modern as next week
- more confusing than a Rubik's cube
- mute as a mouse
N
- naked as a jaybird
- near as a toucher
- neat as a button
- neat as a new pin
- neat as a pin
- neat as ninepence
- nervous as a cat
- nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
- nervous as a whore in church
- nice as ninepence
- nice as pie
- nuttier than squirrel poop
- nuttier than squirrel shit
- nutty as a fruitcake
O
P
- packed like sardines
- pale as a ghost
- pale as death
- pale as milk
- paper wall
- party like it's 1999
- pass up like a white chip
- patient as Job
- pert as a pearmonger
- phony as a three-dollar bill
- pissed as a fart
- pissed as a newt
- pissed as a parrot
- plain as a haystack
- plain as a pikestaff
- plain as day
- plain as Dunstable highway
- plain as porridge
- plain as print
- plain as Salisbury
- plain as the nose on one's face
- playful as a kitten
- pleased as Punch
- plenty as blackberries
- poor as Job's turkey
- poor as a barber's cat
- poor as a church mouse
- poor as Job
- pretty as a picture
- pretty as a speckled pup
- proud as a peacock
- proud as Lucifer
- proud as Punch
- pure as the driven snow
Q
R
- rare as a four-leaf clover
- rare as hen's teeth
- rare as rocking horse shit
- rarer than hens' teeth
- read like a book
- read like an open book
- ready as Freddy
- ready as I'll ever be
- red rag to a bull
- red as a beetroot
- red as a lobster
- remember like it was yesterday
- rich as Croesus
- right as a trivet
- right as ninepence
- right as rain
- run for the exercise
- run like a dry creek
- run like a top
S
- safe as a kitten
- safe as a kitten in a basket
- safe as a kitten in a box
- safe as houses
- scarce as hen's teeth
- sell like hot cakes
- shake like a leaf
- sharp as a bowling ball
- sharp as a butter knife
- sharp as a tack
- ships that pass in the night
- shoot through like a Bondi tram
- sick as a cat
- sick as a dog
- sick as a horse
- sick as a parrot
- silent as a grave
- silent as the grave
- single as a dollar bill
- single as a Pringle
- sing like a bird
- sink like a stone
- skinny as a rail
- sleep like a baby
- sleep like a dog
- sleep like a log
- sleep like a top
- slick as a whistle
- slick as snot
- slippery as an eel
- slow as a snail
- slow as molasses in January
- slow as tar
- sly as a fox
- smart as a whip
- smart as paint
- smell like a rose
- smell like a tart's handbag
- smoke like a chimney
- smooth as butter
- smooth as oil
- smooth as silk
- smooth as a baby's bottom
- snug as a bug in a rug
- sober as a judge
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- soft as a baby's bottom
- soft as silk
- solid as a rock
- solid as the Rock of Gibraltar
- sound as a roach
- sound as a barrel
- sound as a bell
- speak like a book
- spend money like water
- spread like wildfire
- squeal like a stuck pig
- stare like a stuck pig
- steady as a rock
- stick like shit
- stick like shit to a blanket
- stick out like a sore thumb
- stick out like dog's balls
- stiff as a board
- stiff as a poker
- still as a stock
- sting like a bee
- stink like a mackerel
- stink like a polecat
- stitched up like a kipper
- straight as a die
- straight as an arrow
- straight as a ramrod
- straight as a soldier
- strong as a bull
- strong as a horse
- strong as an ox
- stubborn as a mule
- stuffed like a turkey
- sure as a gun
- sure as death
- sure as death and taxes
- sure as eggs
- sure as eggs is eggs
- sure as fate
- sure as shit
- sure as shooting