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First Line: As wet as a fish - as dry as a bone
Subject(s): Language;metaphor; Words;vocabulary;similes


As wet as a fish -- as dry as a bone;
As live as a bird -- as dead as a stone;
As plump as a partridge -- as poor as a rat;
As strong as a horse -- as weak as a cat;
As hard as a flint -- as soft as a mole;
As white as a lily -- as black as a coal;
As plain as a pike-staff -- as rough as a bear;
As light as a drum -- as free as the air;
As heavy as lead -- as light as a feather;
As steady as time -- uncertain as weather;
As hot as an over -- as cold as a frog;
As gay as a lark -- as sick as a dog;
As slow as the tortoise -- as swift as the wind;
As true as the Gospel -- as false as mankind;
As thin as a herring -- as fat as a pig;
As proud as a peacock -- as blithe as a grig;
As savage as tigers -- as mild as a dove;
As stiff as a poker -- as limp as a glove;
As blind as a bat -- as deaf as a post;
As cool as a cucumber -- as warm as a toast;
As flat as a flounder -- as round as a ball;
As blunt as a hammer -- as sharp as an awl;
As red as a ferret -- as safe as the stocks;
As bold as a thief -- as sly as a fox;
As straight as an arrow -- as crook'd as a bow;
As yellow as saffron -- as black as a sloe;
As brittle as glass -- as tough as gristle;
As neat as my nail -- as clean as a whistle;
As good as a feast -- as bad as a witch;
As light as is day -- as dark as is pitch;
As brisk as a bee -- as dull as an ass;
As full as a tick -- as solid as brass.





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