A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things that have similar characteristics or properties.
Sweet as ice cream
Sour as a lemon
Clear as glass
Cuts like a knife
Soft as a flower
Soft as a feather
Smooth as velvet
Sweet as candy
Sweet as cake
Smooth as frosting
Plush as a pillow
Bright as the sun
Curses like a sailor
As thin as a rake
As tall as a giraffe
As deep as an ocean
As strong as an ox
As strong as a bull
As slow as a sloth
As slow as a tortoise
As busy as a bee
As innocent as a lamb
As proud as a peacock
As cool as a cucumber
As clear as a crystal
As mad as a hatter
As bold as brass
As cold as ice
Brave as a lion
Fight like cats and dogs
As clean as a whistle
Blind as a bat
Shine light a star
As black as coal
As fresh as a daisy
Sweet as sugar
As dark as night
Swim like a fish
Sly as a fox
Wise as an owl
As hard as nails
Mad as a hornet
Like two peas in a pod
As dead as a door-nail
As dull as dishwater
As white as a ghost
As shiny as a new pin
As shiny as a penny
As sharp as a razor
As soft as velvet
As white as snow
As stiff as a board
As gentle as a lamb
As bright as a button
Hot as hell
Mad as hell
As tough as leather
As bright as the moon
As stubborn as a mule
As silent as the grave
As old as the hills
Straight as an arrow
As common as dirt
As cute as a kitten
As happy as a clam
As American as apple pie
As deaf as a post
As boring as watching paint dry
As difficult as nailing jelly to a tree
As dry as a bone
As easy as ABC
As easy as 123
As simple as Do, Re, Mi
As pale as death
As fit as a fiddler
Fits like a glove
As flat as a pancake
As free as a bird
As good as gold
As helpless as a baby
As heavy as lead
As honest as the day is long
As hot as blue blazes
As hungry as a bear
As cheap as dirt
As clear as mud
As sick as a dog
As slippery as an eel
As slow as molasses
As smooth as a baby's bottom
As snug as a bug in a rug
As solid as the ground we stand on
As fake as press on nails
As sour as vinegar
The breeze was gentle like a butterfly
She danced lightly like a fluttering butterfly
As pale as a white sheet
Your hands are as cold as the Arctic
Light as a penny
Soars like an eagle
His mind is like an encyclopedia
Damp like dew in the morning
As lost as a sheep
She worked as hard as an ant gathering his harvest
As prickly as a cactus
The puppy wagged its tail like a toddler who just got a lollipop
As happy as a hog in fresh mud
As white as pearls
As sketchy as jelly with green fuzz on top
She moved as gracefully as a prima ballerina
They ran around, going this way and that way, like leaves on a blustery day
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