A.
as active as quicksilver as angy as a wasp
as afraid as a grasshopper as far apart as the poles
as ageless as the sun as arid as the sands of Sahara
as agile as a cat ( a monkey ) as artificial as clockwork
as alert as chamois ( as a bird in springtime ) as artificial as made ice
as alike as two peas as audacious as the day
as alone as a leper as awful as justice
as alone as Crusoe as awful as thunder
as ambitious as Lady Macbeth as awkward as a cow on ice
as ancient as the sun ( the stars )
B.
as bad as the itch ( as a blight ) as blithe as May
as bald as a coot as blue as indigo ( as forget-me-nots )
as bald as a billiard ball as blunt as a hammer ( as the back of a knife )
as bald as an egg as boisterous as stormy sea winds
as bare as a stone ( as winter ) as bold as brass ( as a lion )
as barren as winter rain as boundless as the ocean
as bashful as a schoolgirl as bounteous as nature
as beautiful as the sunset ( as the rainbow ) as brainless as a chimpanzee
as big as an elephant ( as a whale ) as brave as a lion
as bitter as death as brave as Achilles
as bitter as hemlock as brief as time ( as a dream )
as bitter as wormwood as bright as a new penny ( as a new shilling )
as black as coal as bright as day ( as noonday )
as black as a crow ( as a raven ) as bright as the light ( as a lark )
as black as ebony ( as pitch, as a starless night, as ink, as soot ) as bright as silver
as black as pitch as bright as button
as black as a starless night as brilliant as a mirror
as black as sin as brilliant as the stars
as black as jet as brisk as a flea ( as a bailiff )
as black as a sloe as brisk as a butterfly
as blameless as the snow as brittle as glass
as blank as an empty bottle as broad as Heaven's expanse
as blink as a bat ( as ignorance ) as brown as a berry ( as a bun, as hazelnuts )
as blind as a beetle as brown as Mahogany
as blind as a mole as buoyant as wings
as blithe as a butterfly as busy as an ant
as busy as a bee ( as a nailer )
C.
as calm as a cat as coarse as hemp ( as fustian )
as calm as a summer sea ( as glass, as death ) as cold as charity
as candid as mirrors as cold as a dog's nose ( as a frog, as a corpse )
as careless as the wind as cold as ice ( as marble, as a stone )
as cautious as a fox ( as a Scot ) as comfortable as coin
as certain as the rising of the morning sun ( as Christmas ) as common as pins ( as poverty, as dirt )
as changeable as the moon as complacent as a cat
as changeable as the weather ( as a weather cock ) as confident as Hercules ( as justice )
as chaste as Minerva ( as a lily ) as conscientious as a dog
as cheap as dirt ( as lies ) as consoling as night
as cheeky as a young bantam cock as contagious as a yawn
as cheerful as the birds ( as the day is long ) as contrary as black and white ( as light and darkness )
as cheerful as a lark as convincing as the multiplication table
as cheerless as the grave as cool as cucumber
as cheery as a sunbeam as costly as an election
as chill as death as cozy as the nest of a bird
as chilly as a tomb as countless as the stars ( as hairs, the desert sands )
as chubby as a cherub as cowardly as a wild duck
as clammy as death as crafty as a fox
as clean as a Dutch oven as credulous as a child
as clean as a new pin as crisp as new bank notes
as clear as a bell ( said of tones ) as crooked as a corkscrew
as clear as crystal as cross as two sticks
as clear as daylight ( as rock water ) as cruel as Media ( as winter, as death )
as clear as day ( noonday ) as cunning as a fox ( as a monkey )
as clever as paint as curious as fish.
as clumsy as a bear
D
as dangerous as machine guns as disappointing as wet gunpowder
as dark as a dungeon ( as pitch, as midnight ) as dismal as a hearse
as dead as a door nail ( as the Roman Empire ) as distant as the horizon
as dead as mutton ( as wood ) as dizzy as a goose
as dead as a herring as docile as a lamb
as deaf as a beetle ( as the billows ) as dreadful as a gathering storm
as deaf as a post as dreary as an Asian steppe ( as an empty house )
as deceitful as the devil as drunk as a lord ( as a fiddler )
as deceptive as the mirage of the desert as drunk as a top ( as fish, as a beggar )
as deep as despair as dry as a biscuit
as deep as hell ( as the sea ) as dry as dust
as deep as a well ( as a draw-well ) as dry as a bone
as dejected as a wet hen as dry as a mummy
as delicious as forbidden fruit ( as a dream ) as dry as a stick
as desolate as a tomb as dull as ditch water ( as lead )
as devoted as a faithful dog as dumb as any oyster ( as a mouse )
as devoted as a mother as dumb as a statue
as difficult as a Greek puzzle ( as a beginning ) as dumb as stone
as dirty as a hog ( pig )
E
as eager as a bridegroom as elusive as quicksilver
as easy as A. B. C. as empty as an idiot's mind ( as space )
as easy as pie ( as shelling peas, as lying ) as enticing as a riddle
as easy as winking as essential as the dew
as elastic as a caterpillar as expensive as glory
as eloquent as Cicero
F
as fabulous as Aladdin's ring as flabby as a sponge
as faint as the hum of distant bees as flat as a board
as fair as the morn ( as truth, as Eve in Paradise ) as flat as a flounder
as fair as a rose as flat as a pancake ( as flat as the fens of Holland )
as faithful as the dog ( as the sun ) as fleet as a gazelle ( as a deer )
as faithless as fair weather as fleet as a greyhound ( as Diana )
as false as dice as fleet as the wind
as familiar as an oath ( as a popular song ) as flimsy as gauze ( as gossamer )
as far as the poles asunder as foolish as a calf
as fast as a deer as foul as slander ( as a sty )
as fast as a hare as frail as a lily ( as flowers, as glass )
as fast as light as free as the air ( as a breeze )
as fast as an eagle ( as a storm ) as free as thought
as fat as butter as free as a fly
as fat as a pig as free as a daisy
as fat as a porpoise ( as a whale ) as fresh as dew
as fat as a quail as fresh as rose
as fat as a sheep's tail ( as a distillery pig ) as fresh as paint
as feeble as a child as fresh as sea breeze
as fickle as the weather ( as friends, as the sea ) as friendless as an alarm clock
as fidgety as an old maid as friendly as a puppy
as fierce as a lion ( as a tiger ) as frigid as an iceberg
as fierce as a famished wolf ( as wolves ) as frightened as Macbeth before the ghost of Banquo
as firm as faith ( as adamant ) as frisky as colts ( as a kitten )
as firm as a rock as frisky as a lamb ( as a two-year-old )
as firm as steel ( as rocky mountains ) as frizzled as a lawyer's wig
as fit as a fiddle as fruitful as Egypt
as fixed as the laws of the Medes and the Persians as full as an egg is of meat
as fixed as fate
G
as game as a fighting cock as glorious as the sun
as garrulous as a magpie as glum as an oyster ( as mud )
as garrulous as an old maid as gluttonous as curiosity
as gaudy as a butterfly as good as gold
as gaudy as a peacock as good as a play
as gay as a bullfinch as gorgeous as a Sultan ( as the Heavens )
as gay as a lark as graceful as a fawn
as gay as the spring as graceful as a swan
as generous as a dream as gracious as the morn ( as a duchess )
as generous as a lord as grand as a victory ( as Greek statue, as the world )
as genial as sunshine as grasping as a miser
as gentle as a dove as grave as a judge
as gentle as a fawn ( as a turtle dove ) as grey as time
as gentle as a lamb as grey as smoke
as gentle as sleep ( as falling dew ) as great as a lord
as glad as a fly ( as blooming tree ) as greedy as a hog ( as a cormorant )
as glib as glass as greedy as a pig ( a wolf, a dog )
as glossy as a mole as green as grass
as glossy as the finest silk as grim as death ( as hell )
as gloomy as night as gruff as a bear
H.
as haggard as specters as heavy as lead
as hairless as an egg as heavy as sand ( as a bag of sand )
as hairy as a gorilla as helpless as a babe
as hairy as a mastodon ( a spider ) as hideous as the witch of Endor
as handsome as paint as high as heaven ( as the stars )
as happy as a child ( as a sandboy ) as hoarse as a raven ( as a crow )
as happy as the day is long as hollow as a drum
as happy as a king as honest as a mirror
as happy as a lark as hopeful as the break of day
as happy as a lord as horny as a camel's knee
as hard as flint ( as granite, as steel ) as horrid as a murderer's dream
as hard as horn as hot as fire ( as molten lead )
as hard as iron as hot as a furnace ( as an oven )
as hard as nails as hot as pepper ( as hell )
as hard as a stone ( marble ) as hueless as a ghost
as harmless as a babe as huge as high Olympus
as harmless as a dove as humble as a worm ( as Uriah Heep )
as harsh as truth ( as a grating wheel ) as humorous as wind
as hasty as a fire as hungry as a hawk
as hateful as death as hungry as a hunter
as haughty as a devil as hungry as the grave ( as a church mouse )
as healthy as a May morning as hungry as a wolf ( as a bear, as a horse )
as hearty as an oak as hushed as midnight.
as heavy as an elephant
I.
as idle as a Lazzarone ( as air ) as inconstant as the moon ( as the waves )
as ignorant as a child as indolent as an old bachelor
as illimitable as the boundless sea as industrious as a beaver
as illusive as a dream as inevitable as death
as imitative as a monkey as inexhaustible as the deep sea
as immaculate as an angel as inexorable as a grave
as immense as the sea as inflexible as a granite rock
as immortal as the stars as innocent as a babe
as immutable as the laws of the Medes and the Persians as innocent as a dove
as impatient as a lover as innocent as a lamb
as imperishable as eternity as invisible as the air
as impetuous as a poet
J.
as jealous as a Spaniard
as jealous as a cat
as jolly as a shoe brush ( as a sandboy )
as joyful as a fly
as joyous as the laughter of a child
as jubilant as old sleigh bells
K.
as keen as a razor
as keen as hunger
as keen as mustard
as killing as a plague
as kind as consent
as knowing as the stars
L.
as languid as a love-sick maid as light as thistle down
as large as life as like as two herring
as lasting as the pyramids as like as two beans
as lavish as the moon as like as two peas
as lawful as eating as like as two drops of water
as lawless as the stormy wind as lithe as a panther ( as a tiger )
as lax as cut string as little as Tom Thumb
as lazy as a toad ( as a lobster ) as little as a squirrel
as lazy as a pig as lively as a cricket
as lazy as a ship in the doldrums as loathsome as a toad
as lean as Sancho's ass ( as a lath ) as lonely as a deserted ship ( as the Arctic Sea )
as lean as a skeleton as loose as a rope of sand ('loose' here means 'incoherent' as of a person's speech)
as lenient as soft opiates to the mind as loquacious as Polonius
as level as a pond as loud as a horn
as liberal as the sun as loud as thunder
as lifeless as the grave as lovely as Venus
as light as down as lovely as the violet
as light as air as low as the grave
as light as a butterfly ( 'light' here is opposed to 'grave') as lowly as a slave
as light as a cork as loyal as an apostle
as light as a feather ('light here is opposed to 'heavy' ) as loyal as a dove
M.
as mad as a hatter as mischievous as a kitten
as mad as a March hare as mischievous as a monkey
as magnanimous as Agamemnon as mobile as humanity
as malicious as Satan as modest as a dove
as mean as a miser as modest as a primrose
as meek as a dove as monotonous as the sea
as meek as a lamb as motionless as a corpse
as meek as a mouse as mournful as the grave
as merciless as the grave ( as Othello ) as muddy as sheep dogs
as merciless as ambition as mum as an oyster
as merry as a cricket as mute as a fish
as merry as a lark as mute as mice
as merry as spring as mute as the tomb
as mild as a dove as mute as the grave
as mild as moonlight as mysterious as an echo ( as a sphinx )
N.
as naked as night as nice as ninepence
as naked as a peeled apple as nimble as a bee
as natural as life as nimble as lizard ( as quicksilver )
as nearsighted as amole as nimble as a squirrel
as neat as a nail ( as ninepins ) as noiseless as a shadow
as needful as the sun as noisy as a menagerie
as nervous as a mouse as numerous as the sands upon the ocean shore.
as new as day
O.
as obedient as a puppet ( as the scabbard ) as old as the hills
as obnoxious as an alligator as opaque as the sky
as obstinate as a mule as open as day
as obstinate as a pig as open as a smile
as old as creation ( as methuselah as Trilobites ) as opposite as the poles
P.
as pale as a ghost as plump as partridge
as pale as death as polite as wax
as passionate as young love as poor as a church mouse
as patient as the hours as poor as Job
as patient as Job as poor as Lazarus
as patient as an ox as populous as an ant hill
as peaceful as sleep as positive as a Scotsman
as persistent as a mosquito as powerful as death
as piercing as light as powerful as a lion
as placid as a duck pond as powerless as an infant
as plain as a pikestaff as pretty as a picture
as playful as a butterfly as pretty as paint
as playful as a rabbit as progressive s time
as playful as a kitten as prolific as rabbits
as playful as a puppy as proud as a peacock
as playful as a squirrel as proud as Lucifer
as pleasant as health as punctilious as a Spaniard
as pleased as punch as punctual as a springtime
as plentiful as ants as pure as a lily
as plentiful as blackberries as pure as winter snow
as plump as mastiffs as pure as faith
as purple as the heather
Q.
as quarrelsome as the weasel
as quick as a flash
as quick as a lamplighter
as quick as lightning
as quick as thought
as quick as a weasel
as quiet as a mouse
as quiet as a lamb
R.
as ragged as Lazarus as resistless as the wind
as rapid as lightning as restless as ambition
as rare as a blue rose as restless as the sea
as rare as a comet as rich as Croesus ( as a Creole )
as ravenous as a winter wolf as rich as a Jew
as real as the stars as right as nails
as rebellious as the sea as right as rain
as red as a cherry as ripe as a cherry
as red as fire as rosy as a bride ( as the morn )
as red as blood ( as a poppy ) as rotten as dirt
as red as crimson as rough as hemp
as red as a rose as rough as a storm
as red as scarlet as round as a barrel
as red as a turkey-cock as round as the O of Giotto
as refractory as a mule as round as an orange ( as an apple )
as regal as Juno as round as a ball
as regular as the clock ( as clockwork ) as round as a globe
as regular as sunrise as rude as a bear
as relentless as fate as rugged as a rhinoceros
as remote as a dream as ruthless as the sea
S.
as sacred as a shrine as solid as bricks
as sad as night as solitary as a tomb
as sad as doom as soothing as the breath of spring
as safe as houses ( as the bank ) as sound as a bell
as safe as a tortoise under its shell as sour as lime ( crab )
as safe as blackhouse ( a sardine ) as sour as vinegar
as salt as sea sponge ( as brine ) as spacious as the element
as salt as a herring as speechless as a stone
as saucy as the wave as spineless as a jelly fish
as scarce as hen's teeth as spiteful as a monkey
as scarce as feathers on a fish as spotless as snow ( as lilies )
as secret as thought as spruce as an onion
as secure as the grave as stale as old beer
as seedy as a raspberry as stately as an oak
as selfish as a fox as steadfast as a queen
as senseless as stones as steady as the sun
as sensitive as a flower as stealthy as a rock
as serious as a doctor as stealthy as a cat
as serious as an owl as stern as a judge
as shallow as a pan as stiff as a poker
as shameless as sin as stiff as a stone ( as a ramrod )
as shameless as a nude statue as stiff as death
as shapeless as an old shoe as still as a log ( as a statue )
as sharp as a needle as still as the grave
as sharp as a razor ( as a thistle ) as still as a post
as sharp as a lance as stink as a polecat ( as carrion )
as short as any dream as stolid as a cow
as short as the life of a wave as straight as an arrow
as shy as a schoolgirl as straight as a candle ( as a lance )
as shy as the squirrel as strange as a vision
as shy as the fawn as strong as brandy
as sick as the dog as strong as Hercules ( as Samson )
as silent as the grave ( as the dead ) as strong as a horse ( as a lion )
as silent as thought as strong as an ox
as silent as the stars as stubborn as a mule
as silent as a stone as stupid as an ass ( as a donkey )
as silly as calves as stupid as a sloth
as silly as a sheep ( as a goose, as a goat ) as stupid as a log ( as a post )
as simple as A B C as stupid as an oak
as simple as a child as subtle as a serpent
as sincere as sunlight as sudden as a snap
as sleek as a mouse as sudden as lightning
as sleepless as owls as sulky as a bear
as slender as gossamer as superfluous as a fifth wheel
as slender as a thread as superstitious as sailors
as slippery as an eel as supple as a snake
as slippery as ice as sure as a gun
as slippery as a serpent as sure as sunrise
as slow as a tortoise as sure as death
as sly as a fox as sure as fate
as small as atoms as sure-footed as a goat
as small as a sixpence as surly as a bear
as small as paint as suspicious as a cat
as smooth as butter as sweet as honey
as smooth as ice as sweet as a nut
as smooth as glass ( as velvet ) as sweet as a rose
as smooth as oil as sweet as sugar
as sober as a judge as swift as an arrow
as soft as butter ( as down ) as swift as a deer
as soft as wool as swift as a hare
as soft as velvet as swift as a hawk ( eagle )
as soft as fur ( as silk, as putty ) as swift as lightning ( as a flash )
as soft as wax as swift as thought
as swift as the wind
T.
as talkative as a magpie as thin as a wafer
as tall as a giant as thirsty as a sponge ( as Tantalus )
as tall as a steeple ( mast ) as thoughtless as a lark
as tall as maypole as tidy as a candy shop
as tall as a poplar as tight as a drum head
as tame as a sheep as tight as teeth
as tame as a chicken as tight as wax
as tame as a hare as timid as a mouse
as tame as a house cat as timid as a fawn
as taut as a fiddle string as timid as a rabbit ( as a hare )
as tedious as a guilty conscience as tired as tombstones
as tenacious as a bull-dog as tough as leather ( said of food hard to chew )
as tender as a bud as tough as nails
as tender as a chicken (i.e. in eating flesh ) as trackless as the sea ( as the desert )
as tender as a lamb as tranquil as the summer sea
as tender as a shepherd as transient as lightning
as tender as tears as transparent as glass
as terrible as J ove as treacherous as the memory
as terrible as hell as tricky as an ape ( a monkey )
as thick as ants as trivial as a parrot's prate
as thick as a cable as troublesome as a monkey
as thick as thieves as true as the gospel
as thick as hail ( as hailstones ) as true as steel
as thick as blackberries as truthful as a knight of old
as thin as a groat ( as a lath ) as tuneless as a bag of wool
as thin as a rake
U.
as ugly as a bear ( as an ape ) as unfeeling as rocks
as ugly as a scarecrow as unhappy as King Lear
as ugly as sin as universal as seasickness
as ugly as a toad as universal as light
as unapproachable as a star as unmerciful as the billows
as unattractive as a gargoyle as unprofitable as smoke
as uncertain as the weather as unreal as a dream
as unchangeable as the past as unstable as the wind
as unclean as sin as unstable as water
as uncomplaining as a lamb as unsteady as the ocean
as uncompromising as justice as unusual as a sailor on horseback
as unconquerable as chewing gum as upright as a tower
as uncontrollable as the wave as useful as a cow
V.
as vague as a shadow ( as futurity )
as vain as a peacock
as various as the weather ( as variable as the weather )
as vast as eternity
as venomous as a snake
as vigilant as the stars
as vigorous as fire
as violent as steam
as virtuous as holy truth
as voiceless as the tomb
as vulgar as money
W.
as wan as moonlight ( as ashes ) as wet as a fish
as warlike as the wolf as wet as a drowned rat
as warm as sunbeams as white as fleece ( as ivory, as a lily )
as warm as wool as white as a ghost
as wary as a fox as white as porcelain
as wasteful as a hen as white as sheet
as watchful as a hawk as white as snow
as watchful as a sentinel as white as wool
as wavering as Hamlet as wide as hope
as weak as a baby ( as a child ) as wilful as a mule
as weak as a kitten ( as a cat ) as wily as a fox
as weak as water as wise as an owl
as weak as a reed as wise as a serpent
as weather-beaten as a fisherman's oar as wise as Soloman
as welcome as dew on parched flowers as wise as Solon
as welcome as rainstorm in hell as witless as a jackdaw
as welcome as a star
Y, Z
as yellow as a crow's foot as zigzag as a lightning
as yellow as a guinea
as yellow as saffron ( as jaundice, as sulphur )
as yielding as wax
as young as morn
as young as dawn
as youthful as the month of May
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