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krsna · **Smile at all the Similies and Smiles -** 06-10-2008, 05:05 PM

SIMILES AND METAPHORS

Similes

1. As bold as brass.

2. As hard as nails.

3. As bright as a button.

4. As daft as a brush.

5. As dry as a bone.

6. As proud as a peacock.

7. “The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.” (W. H. Auden.)

8. “…as happy as the grass was green.” (Dylan Thomas, “Fernhill.”)

9. “…love is like a ghost.” (Coventry Patmore.)

10. “motherhood peels me bare
like a willow wand
some small child scrapes in the road
or throws in the pond.” (Glenda Beagan.)

Metaphors

1. “Property is theft.” (Proudhon.)

2. Computers are the vehicles of tomorrow.

3. “All the world’s a stage.” (Shakespeare.)

3. It’s a dog’s life.

4. “The parks are the lungs of London.” (William Pitt.)

5. “I’m deep in a goldfish bowl.” (Stereophnics, “goldfish bowl.”)

6. Life’s a bitch.

7. God is love.

8. “Man is Nature’s sole mistake.” (W. S. Gilbert.)

9. “Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.” (G. B. Shaw.)

10. “My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.” (Fiona McLeod.)