C OLLOQUIAL C OM P AR ISONS There are a good many colloquial comparisons in English like: a s g o o d a s g o ld a s b ro w n a s a b e rry which mean, simply, extremely good (as far as behaviour is concerned) and extremely brown (as far as sun-tan is concerned) Here are some incomplete comparisons Can you complete them? Can you say what they concern? 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as the hills as honey as a feather as a sandboy as a mule as life as a poker as a flash as a daisy as snow poor as a dry as mad as a cold as cool as a bright as a deaf as a mischievous as a easy as as a lord as a judge as a mouse as hell as a hunter as a sheet as putty as a bird as a doornail as night clean as a pretty as a blind as a ……………………… tough as brave as a proud as a ugly as clear as a slippery as an strong as a(n) KEY 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as as old as the hills sweet as honey light as a feather happy as a sandboy stubborn as a mule large as life stiff as a poker quick as a flash fresh as a daisy white as snow poor as a church mouse dry as a bone mad as a hatter/March hare cold as ice cool as a cucumber bright as a deaf as a post mischievous as a monkey easy as pie/abc drunk as a lord sober as a judge quiet as a mouse hot as hell hungry as a hunter white as a sheet soft as putty free as a bird dead as a doornail black as night clean as a new pin pretty as a picture blind as a bat tough as brave as a knight proud as a Lucifer/peacock ugly as sin clear as a bell slippery as an eel strong as an ox (horse) (lion)