1. |
As blind as a bat. |
2. |
As bitter as gall, hemlock. |
3. |
As cheerful as a lark. |
4. |
As cunning as a fox. |
5. |
As fair as a rose. |
6. |
As fast as a hare, light, storm, eagle. |
7. |
As firm as a rock. |
8. |
As flat as a board, or a pancake. |
9. |
As free as the air. |
10. |
As fresh as a daisy or a rose. |
11. |
As grave as a judge |
12. |
As greedy as a dog, or a wolf. |
13. |
As gentle as a lamb. |
14. |
As hard as a flint, or a stone. |
15. |
As harmless as a dove. |
16. |
As hungry as a hank, or a horse, or a hunter. |
17. |
As light as a feather. |
18. |
As merry as a cricket. |
19. |
As obstinate as a mule. |
20. |
As pale as death, or ghost. |
21. |
As playful as a butterfly, or a kitten or a squirrel. |
22. |
As proud as a peacock. |
23. |
As slippery as an eel. |
24. |
As soft as butter. |
25. |
As silent as the dead, or stars. |
26. |
As tricky as a monkey. |
27. |
As true as steel. |
28. |
As wise as a serpent or solomon. |
29. |
As yielding as wax. |
30. |
As agile as a cat, monkey. |
31. |
As far apart as the poles. |
32. |
As black as ebony. |
33. |
As blithe as May. |
34. |
As boisterous as stormy sea winds. |
35. |
As bounteous as nature. |
36. |
As brief as time as a dream. |
37. |
As brittle as glass. |
38. |
As candid as mirrors. |
39. |
As chaste as Minerva. |