This document provides examples of common similes in English. It lists similes used to describe things as identical, very big, very bold, very brave, very bright, very busy, very calm, very clear, very clean, very common, very cool, very cunning, completely dead, very different, completely drunk, very dry, dull, very easy, completely flat, very free, very fresh, very gentle, very good, very happy, very hungry, very innocent, very light, completely crazy, very angry, completely crazy, very obstinate, very old, very pale, very clear, poverty-stricken, very proud, pure and innocent, very quick, very quiet, very safe, very scarce, very
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SIMILES
This document provides examples of common similes in English. It lists similes used to describe things as identical, very big, very bold, very brave, very bright, very busy, very calm, very clear, very clean, very common, very cool, very cunning, completely dead, very different, completely drunk, very dry, dull, very easy, completely flat, very free, very fresh, very gentle, very good, very happy, very hungry, very innocent, very light, completely crazy, very angry, completely crazy, very obstinate, very old, very pale, very clear, poverty-stricken, very proud, pure and innocent, very quick, very quiet, very safe, very scarce, very
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SIMILES
EXAMPLE + MEANING
as alike as two peas in a pod identical or nearly so
as bald as a coot completely bald as big as a bus very big as big as an elephant very big as black as a sweep completely black as black as coal completely black as black as pitch completely black as blind as a bat completely blind as blind as a mole completely blind as bold as brass very bold 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 tin roof very busy as calm as a millpond (about water) very calm and still as clear as a bell (about a sound) very clear as clean as a whistle very clean as clear as crystal very clear as clear as mud not at all clear irony/sarcasm as cold as ice very cold as common as dirt very common, rude, vulgar 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 cheese 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 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 obedient usually said of a person as happy as a lark very happy usually said of a person as hard as nails very tough in character of a person as hot as hell very hot as hungry as a bear very hungry as hungry as a wolf very hungry as innocent as a lamb innocent, not worldly-wise usually said of a person 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 as mad as a hornet very angry 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 the face of a person as plain as day very clear as poor as a church mouse poverty-stricken 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 snow pure and innocent as quick as a wink very quick(ly) as quick as lightning very quick(ly) as quick as silver very quick as quiet as a church mouse very quiet 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, not to be trusted 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 position humorous as sober as a judge sober as solid as a rock solid as solid as the ground we stand on solid 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 a lawn party not welcome at all irony/sarcasm (skunks stink) as white as a ghost very pale or white in the face of a person 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