Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Fun Similes

You're as cool as a cucumber.
She's some tomato.
Cute as a button.
Ugly as a mud fence.
Fresh as a daisy.
Sweeter than honey.
Skinny as a rail.


Fat as a pig.
Wise as an owl.
Crazy like a fox.
As strong as an ox.
Regular as a clock.
Quiet as a mouse.


Drunk as a skunk.
Proud as a peacock.
As cuddly as a cactus.
Smooth as sandpaper.
Busy as a beaver.
Dead as a doornail.
As happy as a lark.

Mad as a hornet.
Nutty as fruitcake.
Old as the hills.
Quick as a wink.
Pure as snow.
As scarce as hen's teeth.
Slippery as an eel.


Slow as a turtle.
Solid as a rock.
Straight as an arrow.
Stubborn as a mule.
Tough as nails.
Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

7 comments:

  1. Interesting that the only one of these that seems to be based just on rhyme, and not on the properties of the object, is Drunk as a skunk. I wonder why that is? I have heard of Drunk as a lord, though!! Great list, Lin.

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  2. Thinking about Deb's comment. I wonder what the skunks feel about that.

    And I've been wondering about door nails for years. Need to find one.

    I enjoyed this play on our language.

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  3. This was fun.....I too wonder about the skunk one...

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  4. I was just about to mention the "drunk as a skunk" but Deborah beat me to it.

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  5. "Ugly as a mud fence?" That is just too funny, never heard that one before. Funny funny funny!

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