Similes

[My Erotic Tale]

Similies...

examples;

"He is dumber than a box of rocks"

"She aint no artist, she can't even draw a bath"

"Stranger than socks on a chicken"

"Slow as a herd of turtles"

"Finer than frogs hair"

"Crazy as a loon"

...more?

 

[WickedEve]

from Wikipedia

A simile is a figure of speech in which the subject is compared to another subject. Frequently, similes are marked by use of the words like or as, "The snow was like a blanket". However, "The snow blanketed the earth" is also a simile and not a metaphor because the verb blanketed is a shortened form of the phrase covered like a blanket.

The phrase "The snow was a blanket over the earth" is the metaphor in this case. Metaphors differ from similes in that the two objects are not compared, but treated as identical, "We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass." Note: Some would argue that a simile is actually a specific type of metaphor.


List of notable similes
Suspicion climbed all over her face, like a kitten, but not so playfully —Raymond Chandler
Love is like the devil; whom it has in its clutches it surrounds with flames —Honoré de Balzac
Exuding good will like a mortician's convention in a plague year —Daniel Berrigan
Guiltless forever, like a tree —Robert Browning
Idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
As good as gold —Charles Dickens
Yellow butterflies flickered along the shade like flecks of sun —William Faulkner
Woo the moon like the tide —Vladimir Mayakovsky
Death has many times invited me: it was like the salt invisible in the waves —Pablo Neruda
Solitude...is like Spanish moss which finally suffocates the tree it hangs on —Anaïs Nin
Jubilant as a flag unfurled —Dorothy Parker
Wide sleeves fluttering like wings —Marcel Proust
Death lies on her, like an untimely frost —William Shakespeare
The trees wavered their stark shadows across the snow like supplicating arms —Leo Tolstoy
A mouth drawn in like a miser's purse —Émile Zola
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle; Irina Dunn, 1970

 

[Liar]

A simile is a figure of speech in which the subject is compared to another subject. Frequently, similes are marked by use of the words like or as, "The snow was like a blanket". However, "The snow blanketed the earth" is also a simile and not a metaphor because the verb blanketed is a shortened form of the phrase covered like a blanket.

Actually, I'd file that as a metonym. Where one similar element replaces another, in this case, "covered" for "blanketed". As opposed to a metaphor, where the whole image is replaced so an associative one.


Either way, those, and a bunch of other elocution devices are good stuff for inspiration for any poet.

 

[WickedEve]

where water splashes
like tears, sweet and
without sorrow
~
We occupy the corners,
three points connected like a fucked up dipper in the sky
~
Pleats tumble over
like fabric somersaults
~
bones climbed mine like ivy
~
it drapes water like seaweed
or snakes
~
Will she endure, though
like stone that reveals your name
to rain, a bloom, century of all things green
~
we prefer autumn backdrop,
leaves like woodland frolic
~
he leaned in like a wind-nudged
summer stalk,
~
little brown box,
crumple like tissue baby

 

[WickedEve]

Actually, I'd file that as a metonym. Where one similar element replaces another, in this case, "covered" for "blanketed". As opposed to a metaphor, where the whole image is replaced so an associative one.


Either way, those, and a bunch of other elocution devices are good stuff for inspiration for any poet.

I wondered about blanketed.

 

[Liar]

I wondered about blanketed.

It's debateable. The things replaced in metonyms are traditionally the nouns, and with something in the same semantic hierarchy. "Brazil" instead of "Brazil's soccer team" won the World Cup. But in a looser definition rhat is used these days, blanketed would qualify.


*sigh* I'm such a word geek.

 

[bluerains]

I think my favorite tis

"I'm as fucked as a wallpaper hanger without arms....
"

 

[My Erotic Tale]

A simile is a figure of speech in which the subject is compared to another subject. Frequently, similes are marked by use of the words like or as, "The snow was like a blanket". However, "The snow blanketed the earth" is also a simile and not a metaphor because the verb blanketed is a shortened form of the phrase covered like a blanket.

The phrase "The snow was a blanket over the earth" is the metaphor in this case. Metaphors differ from similes in that the two objects are not compared, but treated as identical, "We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass." Note: Some would argue that a simile is actually a specific type of metaphor.


List of notable similes
Suspicion climbed all over her face, like a kitten, but not so playfully —Raymond Chandler
Love is like the devil; whom it has in its clutches it surrounds with flames —Honoré de Balzac
Exuding good will like a mortician's convention in a plague year —Daniel Berrigan
Guiltless forever, like a tree —Robert Browning
Idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
As good as gold —Charles Dickens
Yellow butterflies flickered along the shade like flecks of sun —William Faulkner
Woo the moon like the tide —Vladimir Mayakovsky
Death has many times invited me: it was like the salt invisible in the waves —Pablo Neruda
Solitude...is like Spanish moss which finally suffocates the tree it hangs on —Anaïs Nin
Jubilant as a flag unfurled —Dorothy Parker
Wide sleeves fluttering like wings —Marcel Proust
Death lies on her, like an untimely frost —William Shakespeare
The trees wavered their stark shadows across the snow like supplicating arms —Leo Tolstoy
A mouth drawn in like a miser's purse —Émile Zola
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle; Irina Dunn, 1970

wow, thanks Eve~

thats an ear full of good information like a blanket of similie wisdom <grin>

thanks liar I had no idea you were a word Geek? Perhaps a good chess player <bigrin> English? I like a good " Punch" now and then! naked of course!

Liar has been an inspiration like a soft summer rain of words. <chuckleboned>

METonym <yep, that's me>


blue....<chuckleboned and then some> lol

..that is as cute as a bunny with a bow.

 

[Yosimile Sam]

Ass Similes

Assimilate

as a mirror

like your likeness

 

[My Erotic Tale]

Assimilate

as a mirror

like your likeness

let me guess, UBU like ourerotictales?

or "What's up Doc?" like bugs bunny would say.

or...

remaining anonymous like an anonamouse

 

[My Erotic Tale]

she had a smile as wide as a river
she had a river wide smile?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

he's about as slippery as butter

he's high enough to hunt ducks with a yard rake

he's as stuborn as a jack ass

his ears perked up like a jack rabbit's

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

his face was as white as snow

her smile was as warm as sunshine

that's slicker than grease on a door knob

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

he's sharp as a Kersaw

she's softer than a thick quilt
but lays just as easily

 

[RhymeFairy]

(Simile)

Willow and Ginkgo

By : Eve Merriam



The willow is like an etching,

Fine-lined against the sky.

The ginkgo is like a crude sketch,

Hardly worthy to be signed.

The willow’s music is like a soprano,

Delicate and thin.

The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus

With everyone joining in.



The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf;

The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.

The willow’s branches are like silken thread;

The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.



The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair;

Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair.

The willow dips to the water,

Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter.



The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete;

Like a city child, it grows up in the street.

Thrust against the metal sky,

Somehow it survives and even thrives.

My eyes feast upon the willow,

But my heart goes to the ginkgo.


Just thought I would share this ...

 

[RhymeFairy]

quick as a wink
quick as a flash
quick as a tick in a New York minute
fast as greased lightning
swift as the wind
slow as a snail
slow as molasses in January
wise as Solomon
smart as a whip
dumb as a post
dumb as dirt
thick as two short planks
hard as a rock
hard as flint
soft as butter
soft as eider down
soft as a pillow
big as a house
hot as a pistol
hot as hell
warm as toast
cool as a cucumber
cool as the other side of your pillow
cold as ice
cold as stone
cold as hell
cold as a witch's tit
big as God
happy as a clam at high tide
happy as a lark
filthy as a pig sty
clean as a hound's tooth
clean as a whistle
slick as a whistle
slick as a greased pig
old as the hills
old as Methuselah
sound as a dollar
straight as a die
tight as a drum
regular as clock work
easy as pie
right as rain
high as a kite
lowly as a worm
flat as a pancake
sharp as a tack
drunk as a lord
drunk as a sailor
sober as a judge
light as a feather
light as air
heavy as lead
silent as a pirate's conscience
phony as a three-dollar bill
queer as a nine-bob note
odd as two left shoes
familiar as the hairs on the back of your hand
ornery as a rattlesnake with hives
ornery as a water moccasin havin' his belly scrubbed with a washboard pick
ornery as a two-headed bull
ornery as cat manure
ornery as a one-eyed pocket gopher in a thistle patch
ornery as a Corn Belt tornado
ornery as a pit bull shittin' railroad spikes
ornery as a she-cat with a thorn in her paw
hard as picking fly shit out of black pepper
easy as putting a six-legged cat in a bucket of water
fine as frog's hair
jolly as thin slice thick with jelly
hard-headed as a ball-peen hammer
welcome as a skunk at a lawn party
dead as a doornail
dead as a mackerel
dead as a dodo
stale as yesterday's newspaper
pleased as Punch
good as gold
good as new
useful as a back pocket in a vest
useful as a spit valve on a guitar
useless as a tit on a bull
useless as a screen door on a submarine
funny as a rubber crutch
funny as a train wreck
pure as the driven snow
tall as a tree
short as pie crust
fresh as a daisy
clear as a bell
clear as crystal
clear as mud
dark as a dungeon
dark as night
bright as a new penny
pretty as a picture
ugly as sin
ugly as a mud fence
thin as a rail
skinny as a rail
slender as a willow
stout as lard soap
blind as a concrete block
blind as a bat
fat as a pig
chipper as a sparrow
gentle as a lamb
sly as a fox
wise as an owl
harmless as a dove
loose as a goose
stubborn as a mule
playful as a kitten
spineless as a jellyfish
strong as an ox
slippery as an eel
free as a bird
brave as a lion
timid as a mouse
hungry as a bear
cross as a bear
proud as a peacock
lazy as a dog
sick as a dog
healthy as a horse
busy as a bee
busy as a beaver
eager as a beaver
noisy as crows
hairy as an ape
poor as a church mouse
poor as Job's turkey
nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof
nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
mad as a wet hen
mad as a hornet
mad as hops
mad as a hatter
crazy as a coot
scarce as hen's teeth
busy as a one-armed paper hanger
busy as a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
rich as Croesus
cheap as a three-legged cow
straight as a ramrod
straight as an arrow
crooked as a dog's hind leg
honest as the day is long
innocent as a new-born babe
guilty as sin
fit as a fiddle
long as a wet Sunday
wet as a shag on a rock
wet as a Bronx cheer
limp as a dishrag
stiff as a poker
stiff as a board
flat as a board
bald as a billiard ball
naked as a jay bird
rare as hen's teeth
cute as a button
American as apple pie
sweet as apple pie
sweet as honey
black as pitch
black as the ace of spades
black as Newgate’s knocker
red as a beet
red as a lobster
brown as a berry
white as a sheet
solid as the Rock of Gibraltar
smooth as silk
smooth as satin
smooth as glass
smooth as a baby's behind
rough as sandpaper
sure as shootin'
certain as death and taxes
plain as the nose on your face
dry as dust
dry as a bone
loud as thunder
quiet as a mouse
silent as a tomb
silent as the grave
deaf as a doorknob
snug as a bug in a rug
bold as brass
bashful as a school girl
modest as a maiden
alike as two peas in a pod
bitter as gall
large as life
deep as the ocean
restless as the sea
still as a statue
sturdy as an oak
helpless as a babe
thick as thieves
thick as pea soup
nutty as a fruitcake
subtle as a sledge hammer
fair as a lily
full as a tick
neat as a pin
mean as gar broth
mean as a junkyard dog

ok, so I did a search ...
Hope these help ya Art ~

 

[Lauren Hynde]

"She aint no artist, she can't even draw a bath"

"She had a river wide smile"

Be careful. Neither of these two contain similes.

 

[RhymeFairy]

Be careful. Neither of these two contain similes.

Agree ~

Art,

Have to use * like or as * ~~

Simile

Syllables: sim-i-le

Part of Speech noun
Pronunciation sI mE li

Definition 1. a figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared,
often linked by "like" or "as," as in "a cake light as a feather". (Cf. metaphor.)

Related Words analogy

 

[Liar]

Have to use * like or as * ~~

So if I say I like your ass?

 

[RhymeFairy]

So if I say I like your ass?

Yumm Baby !!

... Keep'm Cummin like tha French Broad ~

 

[Du Lac]

LOL..
how about

"We fucked like bunnies"

lol../
du~

 

[RhymeFairy]

LOL..
how about

"We fucked like bunnies"

lol../
du~

How about :

I made him climb tha wall
like a black widow
... only
he wanted more ...

 

[My Erotic Tale]

thank you Du,

frolic like wolves

I humped like a poodle to a still leg

<hehehe>



...Lauren

thank you


RF~

I will be using a couple of these <grin>
thank you so much <bigrin>

condensed to use~

quick as a wink
slow as molasses in January
dumb as a post
soft as butter
hot as a pistol
warm as toast
cool as a cucumber
cool as the other side of your pillow
cold as a witch's tit
happy as a clam at high tide
slick as a greased pig
old as the hills
high as a kite
flat as a pancake
phony as a three-dollar bill
ornery as a she-cat with a thorn in her paw
hard as picking fly shit out of black pepper
easy as putting a six-legged cat in a bucket of water
hard-headed as a ball-peen hammer
welcome as a skunk at a lawn party
useful as a back pocket in a vest
useless as a tit on a bull
useless as a screen door on a submarine
funny as a rubber crutch
short as pie crust
blind as a concrete block
chipper as a sparrow
sly as a fox
wise as an owl
harmless as a dove
loose as a goose
stubborn as a mule
playful as a kitten
spineless as a jellyfish
strong as an ox
slippery as an eel
eager as a beaver
noisy as crows
mad as a wet hen
scarce as hen's teeth
busy as a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
crooked as a dog's hind leg
honest as the day is long
innocent as a new-born babe
bald as a billiard ball
naked as a jay bird
rare as hen's teeth
black as pitch
white as a sheet
plain as the nose on your face
silent as a tomb
deaf as a doorknob
snug as a bug in a rug
bashful as a school girl
alike as two peas in a pod

well that was as informative as a library
a wealth of knowledge there

 

[My Erotic Tale]

her voice was as soft as a kittens meow

her legs were as thin as tooth picks

his mouth was running like a faucet

his minds as tangled as a backlash in a fishing line

 

[bluerains]

that's about

her voice was as soft as a kittens meow

her legs were as thin as tooth picks

his mouth was running like a faucet

his minds as tangled as a backlash in a fishing line

as snug as a bug on a rug...

 

[My Erotic Tale]

as snug as a bug on a rug...

as itchy as a dog with fleas

silent as a lady bug

eratic as a butterfly in flight

her words were like a hammer finding a nail

 

[bluerains]

A piscatorial prophet

is more fun than a barrel of christians singing in pews..

John wants to start a pisctorial prophet tee shirt venue...

 

[My Erotic Tale]

is more fun than a barrel of christians singing in pews..

John wants to start a pisctorial prophet tee shirt venue...

this is? ....pisctorial prophet >>> a picture of a pissed off prophet?