List of AS...

AS Similes
This is a list of well-known as...as similes. There are more similes, of course, some common and
others less common because anyone can make a simile at any time--you too!

simile meaning comment

as alike as two peas in a pod identical or nearly so  

as bald as a coot completely bald  

as bent as a bercow very corrupt  

as big as a bus very big  

as big as an elephant very big  

as black as a sweep completely black sweep = chimney sweep

as black as coal completely black  

as black as pitch completely black  

as blind as a bat completely blind may be exaggeration

as blind as a mole completely blind may be exaggeration

as bold as brass very bold usually in a negative sense

as brave as a lion very brave  

as bright as a button very bright  

as bright as a new pin very bright and shiny  

as busy as a beaver very busy  

as busy as a bee very busy  

as busy as a cat on a hot tin roof very busy  

as calm as a millpond very calm and still usually said of water

as clear as a bell very clear of a sound

as clean as a whistle very clean  

simile meaning comment

as clear as crystal very clear  

as clear as mud not at all clear irony or sarcasm

as cold as ice very cold  

as common as dirt very common, rude, usually said of a person

vulgar

as cool as a cucumber cool  

as cunning as a fox cunning  

as dead as a doornail dead  

as dead as the dodo dead, extinct the dodo is an extinct bird

as deaf as a post completely deaf may be exaggeration

as different as chalk from cheese very different  

as drunk as a lord completely drunk  

as dry as a bone very dry  

as dry as dust very dry  

as dull as dishwater dull, boring usually said of a person

as easy as A.B.C. very easy  

as easy as apple-pie very easy  

as flat as a pancake completely flat  

as free as a bird very free to go anywhere  

as fresh as a daisy very fresh  

as gentle as a lamb very gentle usually said of a person

as good as gold very good and obedient usually said of a person

as happy as a lark very happy usually said of a person

as hard as nails very tough in character of a person

as hot as hell very hot  

as hungry as a bear very hungry  

as hungry as a wolf very hungry  

as innocent as a lamb innocent, not worldly-wise usually said of a person

as large as life conspicuously present  

as light as a feather very light  

as light as air very light  

as mad as a hatter completely crazy  

as mad as a hornet very angry  

as nutty as a fruitcake completely crazy  

as obstinate as a mule very obstinate, stubborn  

as old as the hills very, very old  

as pale as death very pale or white in the of a person

face

as plain as day very clear  

as poor as a church mouse poverty-stricken  

as poor as dirt poverty-stricken  

as proud as a peacock very proud  

as pure as snow pure and innocent  

as pure as the driven snow pure and innocent  

as quick as a wink very quick(ly)  

as quick as lightning very quick(ly)  

as quick as silver very quick  

as quiet as a church mouse very quiet  

as safe as houses very safe, secure  

as scarce as hen's teeth very, very scarce irony (hens have no teeth)

as sharp as a razor very sharp  

as sick as a dog very sick  

as sick as a parrot very sick  

as silent as the dead completely silent  

as silent as the grave completely silent  

as slippery as an eel slippery, evasive of a person

as slow as a snail very slow  

as slow as a tortoise very slow  

as smooth as silk very smooth  

as snug as a bug in a rug in a very comfortable humorous

position
as sober as a judge sober  

as solid as a rock solid  

as solid as the ground we stand solid  

on

as sound as a bell very clear of a sound

as sour as vinegar very sour  

as steady as a rock very steady  

as stiff as a board completely stiff  

as straight as an arrow straight an arrow flies straight

as strong as an ox very strong  

as stubborn as a mule very stubborn, obstinate  

as sturdy as an oak very strong and solid  

as sure as death and taxes absolutely certain to  

happen

as tall as a giraffe very tall  

as thin as a rake very thin  

as timid as a rabbit very timid  

as tough as leather very tough  

as tough as nails very tough often said of a person

as tough as old boots very tough often said of a person

as welcome as a skunk at a lawn not welcome at all irony or sarcasm (skunks
party stink)

as white as a ghost very pale or white in the of a person

face

as white as a sheet pure white  

as white as snow pure white  

as wise as Solomon very wise King Solomon

as wise as an owl very wise