Examples of Similes

Simile is one of the most basic figures of speech. Get to know everything about similes through A-Z examples of similes, in this article.

The first thing that one hears, when the topic figures of speech is taught in class is, simile. But what is a simile? Simile is a figure of speech, in which two things are directly compared. One simple trick to identify a simile is to find if the words 'as' or 'like' are used, since these are the two words which are always found in a simile. If we talk about simile vs metaphor, then the basic difference is that, metaphor is an indirect comparison between two things, while a simile is directly used to compare two things. Examples of similes are given in the article below, which will make the concept easier to understand.

Simple Examples of Similes

Laughs like a hyena
As agile as a monkey
As alike as two peas in a pod
As bald as a coot
As beautiful as nature
As big as a bus
As big as an elephant
As black as a sweep
As black as coal
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep
As black as pitch
As blind as a bat
As blind as a mole
As bold as brass
As brave as a lion
They fought like cats and dogs.
As bright as a button
As bright as a new pin
As bright as day
As bright as the sun
As brown as a berry
As busy as a beaver
As busy as a bee
As calm as a millpond
As clear as a bell
As clean as a whistle
As clear as crystal
As clear as mud
As cold as ice
As common as dirt
As cool as a cucumber
As crazy as a loon
As cunning as a fox
As cute as a baby
As cute as a cup cake
As damp as the sponge
As dead as a doornail
Harvey's grin was as coiled as a rattler
As dead as the dodo
As deaf as a post
As delicate as a flower
His skin was as cold as ice.
As dense as a brick
As different as chalk from cheese
As drunk as a lord
As dry as a bone
As dry as dust
As dull as dishwater
As easy as ABC
As easy as pie
As fast as a race car
As fat as a hippo
My love is like a red, red rose
As fat as a pig
I wanted our songs to fly out to the audience. but, somehow they dropped like a lead beach ball
As fit as a fiddle
As flat as a pancake
As free as a bird
As fresh as a daisy
As funny as a balloon
As gentle as a lamb
As good as gold
As hairy as an ape
As happy as a clown
As happy as a lark
As happy as a rat with a gold tooth
As hard as nails
As hard as rock
As high as a kite
As hoarse as a crow
As hot as a fire cracker
As hot as hell
As hungry as a bear
As hungry as a wolf
As innocent as a lamb
As keen as mustard
As large as life
The snow was like a blanket
As light as a feather
As light as air
As likely as not
As loud as a lion
Watching the show was like watching paint dry
As lowly as a worm
As mad as a hatter
As mad as the march hare
As merry as a cricket
As modest as a maiden
As much use as a yard of pump water
As naked as a baby
As neat as a pin
As nutty as a fruitcake
As obstinate as a mule
As old as dirt
As old as the hills
As pale as death
As pale as a ghost
As patient as Job
As plain as day
As pleased as Punch
As poor as a church mouse
As poor as dirt
As pretty as a picture
As proud as a peacock
As pure as snow
The world is like a stage
she got a neck like a pipe
As pure as the driven snow
As quick as a wink
As quick as lightning
As quick as silver
As quiet as a mouse
As rich as gold
As right as rain
As round as a barrel
As round as a circle
As round as a sphere
As safe as houses
As sensitive as a flower
As sharp as a needle
As sick as a dog
As silent as the dead
As silent as the grave
As silly as a goose
As sleepy as a koala
Fits like a glove
Runs like a deer
Chatters like a monkey
Moves like a snail
Sits there like a bump on a log
As slippery as an eel
As slow as a snail
As slow as a tortoise
As slow as a turtle
As sly as a fox
As smart as an owl
As smooth as silk
As sober as a judge
As solid as a rock
As solid as the ground we stand on
As sound as a bell
As sour as vinegar
As steady as a rock
As sticky as jam
As stiff as a board
As still as death
As straight as an arrow
To drink like a fish
To soar like an eagle
To work like a dog
To smoke like a chimney
To eat like a bird
To eat like a horse
As strong as an ox
As stubborn as a mule
As sturdy as an oak
As sure as death and taxes
As sweet as honey
As tall as a giraffe
As tight as a drum
As thick as a brick
As thin as a toothpick
As timid as a rabbit
As tiny as a grain of sand
As tough as leather
As tough as nails
As tricky as a box of monkeys
As welcome as a dog in a game of skittles.
As white as a ghost
As white as a sheet
As white as snow
As wise as Solomon
As wise as an owl

I hope the concept of simile is clearer to you through these examples of similes. In fact, I am sure you will be able to teach others now, as easily as your teacher had once taught you!

By Girija Shinde
Published: 1/15/2010

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