• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • as angry as hell as bitter as gall as black as hell as blind as a bat as bold as brass as brave as a lion as bright as a button as busy as a bee as calm as a millpond as cheap as dirt as clean as a whistle as clear as day as clear as mud as close as the grave as clumsy as an elephant as cold as marble as cold as steel/stone as cool as a cucumber as cunning as a fox as dark as death as dead as a dodo/doornail as deaf as a post as drunk as a lord as dry as dust as dull as ditchwater as easy as anything/pie as fast as a deer as fat as a pig as fit as a fiddle as flat as a pancake as fresh as a daisy as gentle as a lamb as good as gold as good as new as green as grass • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • as hard as nails as harmless as a dove as heavy as lead as high as a kite as hot as fire as hungry as a wolf as large as life as light as a feather as like as two peas as mad as a hatter as mean as a snake as nutty as a fruitcake as old as the hills as pale as death as poor as a church mouse as poor as dirt as pretty as a picture as proud as a peacock as quick as a flash as regular as a clockwor as right as rain as safe as houses as sick as a dog, parrot as slim as a willow as sober as a judge as sound as a bell as steady as a rock as sure as hell as thick as thieves as thin as a stick as tired as a dog as tough as old boots as ugly as sin as warm as toast as weak as water as white as snow as white as a ghost