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 * Similes
 * Appendix:Australian English colloquial similes
 * Appendix:English similes
 * American as apple pie
 * as all hell
 * as anything
 * as English as apple pie
 * as fuck
 * as good as new
 * as hell
 * as like as not
 * as modern as next week
 * as much use as a chocolate fireguard
 * as much use as a chocolate teapot
 * as one man
 * as shit
 * as sure as a gun
 * avoid like the plague
 * bald as a coot
 * bent as a nine-bob note
 * better than sex
 * big as a barn
 * bigger than Ben Hur
 * black as a dog's guts
 * black as coal
 * black as Newgate's knocker
 * black as night
 * black as the ace of spades
 * black as thunder
 * bleed like a stuck pig
 * blind as a bat
 * blind as a beetle
 * blind as a mole
 * blind as an owl
 * bold as brass
 * boring as beans
 * brave as a lion
 * breed like rabbits
 * bright as a button
 * broker than the Ten Commandments
 * brown as a berry
 * built like a brick shithouse
 * busy as a beaver
 * busy as a bee
 * calm as a millpond
 * Canadian as maple syrup
 * cheap as chips
 * chirpy as a cricket
 * clean as a hound's tooth
 * clean as a new penny
 * clean as a whistle
 * clear as a bell
 * clear as crystal
 * clear as day
 * clear as mud
 * close as wax
 * cold as a wagon tire
 * cold as a well-digger's arse
 * cold as a witch's kiss
 * cold as a witch's teat
 * cold as a witch's tit
 * cold as charity
 * cold as ice
 * comfortable as an old shoe
 * common as dirt
 * common as muck
 * common as pig tracks
 * cool as a cucumber
 * crazy as a soup sandwich
 * crazy like a fox
 * cross as two sticks
 * cry like a baby
 * cry like a little girl
 * curse like a pagan
 * cut like a knife
 * cute as a bug's ear
 * cute as a button
 * cute as a pin
 * cute as a speckled pup
 * daft as a brush
 * dead as a dodo
 * dead as a doorknob
 * dead as a doornail
 * dead as a herring
 * dead as a kipper
 * dead as a mackerel
 * deader than disco
 * deaf as a doorpost
 * deaf as a post
 * done up like a dog's dinner
 * dressed up like a Christmas tree
 * drink like a fish
 * drop like flies
 * drunk as a cunt
 * drunk as a fiddler
 * drunk as a fiddler's bitch
 * drunk as a lord
 * drunk as a piper
 * drunk as a skunk
 * drunk as a sow
 * drunk as a wheelbarrow
 * drunk as an owl
 * drunk as Chloe
 * drunk as David's sow
 * dry as a bone
 * dry as a dead dingo's donger
 * dry as a nun's cunt
 * dry as a nun's nasty
 * dull as dishwater
 * dull as ditchwater
 * dumb as a bag of hammers
 * dumb as a box of rocks
 * dumb as a doorknob
 * dumb as a doornail
 * dumb as a post
 * dumb as an ox
 * easy as 123
 * easy as ABC
 * easy as cake
 * easy as falling off a log
 * easy as pie
 * eat like a bird
 * eat like a horse
 * eat like a pig
 * empty as a pauper's purse
 * faster than a minnow can swim a dipper
 * fertile as a turtle
 * fine as frog hair
 * fine as frog's hair
 * fit as a butcher's dog
 * fit as a fiddle
 * fit as a flea
 * fit as a lop
 * fit as a Mallee bull
 * fit like a glove
 * flat as a pancake
 * float like a butterfly
 * fly like a rock
 * free as a bird
 * fresh as a daisy
 * fresh as a rose
 * fresh fucked fox in a forest fire
 * fuck like a mink
 * fuck like rabbits
 * fugly as sin
 * full as a goog
 * full as a tick
 * gay as a lark
 * gay as springtime
 * get on like a house on fire
 * go down like a lead balloon
 * go like a dream
 * go out like a light
 * good as gold
 * good as one's word
 * green as a gooseberry
 * grin like a Cheshire cat
 * grow like a weed
 * guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl
 * guilty as sin
 * happy as a clam
 * happy as a lark
 * happy as a prince
 * happy as a sandboy
 * happy as Larry
 * hard as iron
 * hard as nails
 * have a mind like a sieve
 * hearty as a buck
 * heavy as a dead donkey
 * herd cats
 * high as a kite
 * hot as blazes
 * hot as fire
 * hot as Hades
 * hot as hell
 * hung like a donkey
 * hung like a horse
 * hungry as a hog
 * hungry like the wolf
 * innocent as the babe unborn
 * innocent as the child unborn
 * keen as mustard
 * kick like a mule
 * know like a book
 * know like the back of one's hand
 * laugh like a drain
 * laugh like a hyena
 * life is like a box of chocolates
 * light as a feather
 * like a bag of ferrets
 * like a bat out of hell
 * like a bear with a sore head
 * like a bitch on heat
 * like a blue-arsed fly
 * like a bull in a china shop
 * like a bump on a log
 * like a cat in a strange garret
 * like a cat on a hot tin roof
 * like a charm
 * like a chicken on a June bug
 * like a dog in heat
 * like a dog on heat
 * like a dog with a bone
 * like a duck takes to water
 * like a duck to water
 * like a dying duck in a thunderstorm
 * like a fart in church
 * like a hawk
 * like a kid in a candy store
 * like a knife through butter
 * like a lamb to the slaughter
 * like a man
 * like a martin to his gourd
 * like a million bucks
 * like a million dollars
 * like a moth to the flame
 * like a phoenix from the ashes
 * like a rat up a drainpipe
 * like a ton of bricks
 * like a train
 * like clockwork
 * like crack
 * like crazy
 * like death warmed over
 * like feeding time at the zoo
 * like ferrets in a bag
 * like gangbusters
 * like hot cakes
 * like it's going out of style
 * like molasses
 * like nobody's business
 * like peas and carrots
 * like rats from a sinking ship
 * like riding a bike
 * like shelling peas
 * like shit through a goose
 * like shooting fish in a barrel
 * like taking candy from a baby
 * like the back end of a bus
 * like the cat that got the cream
 * like the clappers
 * like the new time
 * like the wind
 * like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
 * like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
 * like turkeys voting for Christmas
 * like two peas in a pod
 * like water off a duck's back
 * like white on rice
 * like winking
 * limber as a dishrag
 * lit up like a Christmas tree
 * live like a fighting cock
 * live like a king
 * long as one's arm
 * loose as a goose
 * lower than a snake's belly
 * mad as a bear with a sore head
 * mad as a cut snake
 * mad as a hatter
 * mad as a hornet
 * mad as a March hare
 * mad as a meat axe
 * memory like a sieve
 * merry as a cricket
 * merry as a grig
 * mind like a steel trap
 * naked as a jaybird
 * neat as a new pin
 * neat as a pin
 * nervous as a cat
 * nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
 * nice as ninepence
 * nice as pie
 * nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat
 * nutty as a fruitcake
 * odious as a toad
 * off like a bride's nightie
 * old as the hills
 * old as time
 * older than dirt
 * on it like a car bonnet
 * original as sin
 * out like a light
 * packed like sardines
 * phony as a three-dollar bill
 * pissed as a fart
 * pissed as a newt
 * plain as a pikestaff
 * plain as day
 * plain as Dunstable highway
 * plain as porridge
 * plain as the nose on one's face
 * play God
 * pleased as Punch
 * plenty as blackberries
 * poor as a church mouse
 * poor as Job
 * pretty as a picture
 * proud as a peacock
 * proud as Punch
 * pure as the driven snow
 * quack like a duck
 * queer as a clockwork orange
 * quick as a flash
 * quiet as a grave
 * quiet as a mouse
 * quiet as a snowflake
 * rare as a four-leaf clover
 * rare as hen's teeth
 * read like a book
 * read like an open book
 * red as a beetroot
 * remember like it was yesterday
 * rich as Croesus
 * right as a trivet
 * right as ninepence
 * right as rain
 * run like a top
 * safe as houses
 * scarce as hen's teeth
 * sell like hot cakes
 * shake like a leaf
 * sharp as a tack
 * ships that pass in the night
 * sick as a dog
 * sick as a parrot
 * silent as the grave
 * sing like a bird
 * sink like a stone
 * skinny as a rail
 * sleep like a baby
 * sleep like a dog
 * sleep like a log
 * sleep like a top
 * slick as snot
 * slippery as an eel
 * slow as a snail
 * slow as molasses in January
 * slow as tar
 * sly as a fox
 * smart as a whip
 * smart as paint
 * smell like a rose
 * smoke like a chimney
 * smooth as a baby's bottom
 * smooth as silk
 * snug as a bug in a rug
 * sober as a judge
 * soft as a baby's bottom
 * soft as silk
 * solid as a rock
 * sound as a barrel
 * sound as a bell
 * sound as a roach
 * spread like wildfire
 * squeal like a stuck pig
 * steady as a rock
 * stick out like a sore thumb
 * stiff as a board
 * stiff as a poker
 * sting like a bee
 * straight as a die
 * straight as a soldier
 * straight as an arrow
 * strong as an ox
 * stubborn as a mule
 * stuffed like a turkey
 * sure as eggs
 * sure as eggs is eggs
 * sure as fate
 * sure as shooting
 * swear like a pagan
 * swear like a sailor
 * swear like a trooper
 * sweat like a horse
 * sweat like a pig
 * sweet as a nut
 * sweet as pie
 * swim like a fish
 * talk like a book
 * talk like an apothecary
 * taste like chicken
 * there's nowt so queer as folk
 * thick as a brick
 * thick as a plank
 * thick as mince
 * thick as pig shit
 * thick as thieves
 * thin as a rail
 * thin as a rake
 * thin as a wafer
 * tight as a duck's arse
 * tight as a tick
 * timid as a mouse
 * timid as a rabbit
 * toey as a Roman sandal
 * tough as nails
 * tough as old boots
 * true as I stand here
 * ugly as sin
 * useful as a chocolate teapot
 * useful as tits on a bull
 * walk like an Egyptian
 * warm as life
 * warm as toast
 * watch like a hawk
 * white as a ghost
 * white as a sheet
 * white as driven snow
 * white as snow
 * wisht as a winnard
 * work like a charm
 * work like a horse


 * Rhetorical questions
 * am I right
 * am I right or am I right
 * amirite
 * are you a man or a mouse
 * are you blind
 * are your ears burning
 * but who's counting
 * do bears shit in the woods
 * does a bear crap in the woods
 * does a bear shit in the woods
 * does Dolly Parton sleep on her back
 * does Macy's tell Gimbel's
 * does someone look like
 * does the Pope shit in the woods
 * guess what
 * how about that
 * how can you sleep at night
 * how do you do
 * how do you like them apples
 * how long is a piece of string
 * how no
 * how should I know
 * how's the weather up there
 * I know you are but what am I
 * is it just me
 * is the Pope Catholic
 * need I say more
 * since when
 * so what
 * wha gwan
 * what am I, chopped liver
 * what are the odds
 * what are you like
 * what are you looking at
 * what are you smoking
 * what are you waiting for
 * what can I say
 * what did your last slave die of
 * what do I know
 * what do you know
 * what do you want, a cookie
 * what does that have to do with the price of corn
 * what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
 * what else is new
 * what hath God wrought
 * what of it
 * what the
 * what the fuck
 * what the heck
 * what the hell
 * what the hey
 * what was someone smoking
 * what would Jesus do
 * what's it to you
 * what's the good of
 * what's new
 * what's the beef
 * what's up
 * what's up with
 * what's with
 * where are the snows of yesteryear
 * where do I sign up
 * where's the beef
 * who am I kidding
 * who are you and what have you done with someone
 * who ate all the pies
 * who cares
 * who died and left you in charge
 * who died and made you boss
 * who knows
 * who writes this stuff
 * who's 'she', the cat's mother
 * who's a pretty boy then
 * who's your daddy
 * why keep a dog and bark yourself
 * why not
 * would it hurt
 * would it kill someone
 * wouldn't you know
 * wouldn't you know it
 * you and what army
 * you and whose army
 * you call this
 * you kiss your mother with that mouth
 * you know what


 * Snowclones
 * Appendix:English snowclones
 * Appendix:Snowclones/don't X me
 * Appendix:Snowclones/few X short of a Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/first rule of X: do not talk about X
 * Appendix:Snowclones/have more X in one's little finger than someone
 * Appendix:Snowclones/have X, will travel
 * Appendix:Snowclones/I am X, hear me Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/I find your lack of X disturbing
 * Appendix:Snowclones/if Eskimos have N words for snow, X have Y words for Z
 * Appendix:Snowclones/if I had an X for every time I Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/if that's not X, I don't know what is
 * Appendix:Snowclones/I'm an X, not a Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/I'm going to build my own X with blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the X
 * Appendix:Snowclones/I'm here to X A and Y B, and I'm all out of A
 * Appendix:Snowclones/in Soviet Russia, Y Xs you
 * Appendix:Snowclones/in X, no one can hear you Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/not the X-est in the Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/once a X, always a X
 * Appendix:Snowclones/so X I could die
 * Appendix:Snowclones/that's X for you
 * Appendix:Snowclones/to X or not to X
 * Appendix:Snowclones/what happens in X, stays in X
 * Appendix:Snowclones/with great X, comes great Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X among Xs
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X and Y and Z, oh my!
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X are born, not made
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X are made, not born
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X are X
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X as X can be
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X called, they want their Y back
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X is a good servant but a bad master
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X is not going to Y itself
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X is the new Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X me and call me Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X with a capital Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X Y is X
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X, thy name is Y
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X, Y, and Z—pick any two
 * Appendix:Snowclones/X? We don't need no stinkin' X!
 * Appendix:Snowclones/you can't spell XYZ without Y