2º de BachilleratoIDIOMS OF COMPARISON

A) COMPARISONS WITHADJECTIVES

as black as the Ace of Spades / soot / coal as black as midnightas blind as a bat / a beetle / a moleas bold as brassas bold as a lionas bright as silver / noonday / dayas brown as a berryas busy as a beeas changeable as the weather / the moonas cheerful as a larkas clear as a bellas clear as crystalas clear as the nose on your faceas cold as a frog, a stoneas cold as iceas cold as a cucumberas cunning as a foxas dark as pitchas dead as a doornailas deaf as a postas different as chalk from cheeseas drunk as a lordas dry as a bone as dry as dustas dry as a stickas dumb as a fishas easy as ABCas fair as a roseas fat as butter / a pigas fierce as a tigeras firm as a rockas flat as a boardas free as (the) air / a bird

as gay as a lark as silent as the stars to spread like wildfireas gaudy as a peacok /a butterfly as silly as a sheep / a goose to swear like a trooperas good as gold as slippery as an eel to swim like a fishas graceful as a swan as smooth as velvet to take to something like a duck to wateras grave as a judge as smooth as butter / oil to work like a Trojanas greedy as a wolf / a pig / a dog as sound as a bellas green as grass as sour as vinegaras happy as a king as steady as a rockas happy as the day is long as timid as a rabbit C) MISCELLANEOUSas hard as a stone / nails as tough as leather COMPARISONSas harmless as a dove / a kitten as tricky as a monkeyas hot as fire as ugly as a scarecrow (to be) like a bull in a china shopas hot as pepper as vain as a peacock (to be) like a bear with a sore headas hungry as a hunter as warm as toast (to be) like a dog with two tailsas innocent as a dove as watchful as a hawk (to have) eyes like a ferretas keen as mustard as wet as a drowned rat (to be / feel) like a fish out of wateras large as life as white as snow (to have) a hide like a rhinocerosas light as a feather / air as white as a sheet (to have) a memory like an elephantas like as two peas in a pod / two beans as wise as an owl / Solomon (to have) a memory like a sieveas loud as thunder (to be) like a red rag to a bullas mad as a hatter / a March hare (to be) like water off a duck’s backas merry as a cricket (to have) as many faces as the moonas mute as a fish B) COMPARISONS WITH VERBS (to go) at a snail’s paceas obstinate as a mule as the crow fliesas old as the hills to be off like a shot to look as if / though one has been draggedas pale as a ghost / death to come down on someone like a ton of through a hedge backwardsas patient as Job / an ox bricks like an oven as plain as the the nose on your face to drink like a fish like a whirlwindas playful as a kitten to eat like a horseas plump as a partridge to fight like cat and dogas poor as a church-mouse to fit like a gloveas pretty as a picture to get on like a house on fireas proud as a peacock / Lucifer to go like the windas quick as lightning to live like fighting cocksas quiet as a lamb / a mouse to run like a hareas red as fire / blood / a cherry / a rose to sing like a bird / lark / nightingaleas regular as clockwork to shake / tremble like a leafas rich as Croesus to sleep like a logas round as a barrel / a globe / an apple to smoke like a chimneyas sharp as a needle / a razor to spend money like water

Source: English idioms and how to use themby Jennifer Seidl & W. MacMordie