similemeaningcomment

as alike as two peas in a podidentical or nearly so

as bald as a cootcompletely bald

as big as a busvery big

as big as an elephantvery big

as black as a sweepcompletely blacksweep = chimney sweep

as black as coalcompletely black

as black as pitchcompletely black

as blind as a batcompletely blindmay be exaggeration

as blind as a molecompletely blindmay be exaggeration

as bold as brassvery boldusually in a negative sense

as brave as a lionvery brave

as bright as a buttonvery bright

as bright as a new pinvery bright and shiny

as busy as a beaververy busy

as busy as a beevery busy

as busy as a cat on a hot tin roofvery busy

as calm as a millpondvery calm and stillusually said of water

as clear as a bellvery clearof a sound

as clean as a whistlevery clean

as clear as crystalvery clear

as clear as mudnot at all clearirony/sarcasm

as cold as icevery cold

as common as dirtvery common, rude, vulgarusually said of a person

as cool as a cucumbercool

as cunning as a foxcunning

as dead as a doornaildead

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

as deaf as a postcompletely deafmay be exaggeration

as different as chalk from cheesevery different

as drunk as a lordcompletely drunk

as dry as a bonevery dry

as dry as dustvery dry

as dull as dishwaterdull, boringusually said of a person

as easy as A.B.C.very easy

as easy as apple-pievery easy

as flat as a pancakecompletely flat

as free as a birdvery free to go anywhere

as fresh as a daisyvery fresh

as gentle as a lambvery gentleusually said of a person

as good as goldvery good and obedientusually said of a person

as happy as a larkvery happyusually said of a person

as hard as nailsvery tough in characterof a person

as hot as hellvery hot

as hungry as a bearvery hungry

as hungry as a wolfvery hungry

as innocent as a lambinnocent, not worldly-wiseusually said of a person

as large as lifeconspicuously present

as light as a feathervery light

as light as airvery light

as mad as a hattercompletely crazy

as mad as a hornetvery angry

as nutty as a fruitcakecompletely crazy

as obstinate as a mulevery obstinate, stubborn

as old as the hillsvery, very old

as pale as deathvery pale or white in the faceof a person

as plain as dayvery clear

as poor as a church mousepoverty-stricken

as poor as dirtpoverty-stricken

as proud as a peacockvery proud

as pure as snowpure and innocent

as pure as the driven snowpure and innocent

as quick as a winkvery quick(ly)

as quick as lightningvery quick(ly)

as quick as silververy quick

as quiet as a church mousevery quiet

as safe as housesvery safe, secure

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

as sharp as a razorvery sharp

as sick as a dogvery sick

as sick as a parrotvery sick

as silent as the deadcompletely silent

as silent as the gravecompletely silent

as slippery as an eelslippery, evasiveof a person

as slow as a snailvery slow

as slow as a tortoisevery slow

as smooth as silkvery smooth

as snug as a bug in a rugin a very comfortable positionhumorous

as sober as a judgesober

as solid as a rocksolid

as solid as the ground we stand onsolid

as sound as a bellvery clearof a sound

as sour as vinegarvery sour

as steady as a rockvery steady

as stiff as a boardcompletely stiff

as straight as an arrowstraightan arrow flies straight

as strong as an oxvery strong

as stubborn as a mulevery stubborn, obstinate

as sturdy as an oakvery strong and solid

as sure as death and taxesabsolutely certain to happen

as tall as a giraffevery tall

as thin as a rakevery thin

as timid as a rabbitvery timid

as tough as leathervery tough

as tough as nailsvery toughoften said of a person

as tough as old bootsvery toughoften said of a person

as welcome as a skunk at a lawn partynot welcome at allirony/sarcasm (skunks stink)

as white as a ghostvery pale or white in the faceof a person

as white as a sheetpure white

as white as snowpure white

as wise as Solomonvery wiseKing Solomon

as wise as an owlvery wise