Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colourful phrases -- from abandoned as a used Kleenex to quiet as an eel swimming in oil -- this reference will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find the perfect simile, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Citing more than 2,000 sources -- from the Bible, Socrates, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and H L Mencken to popular movies, music, and television shows -- the "Simile Dictionary" covers hundreds of subjects broken into thematic categories that include topics such as virtue, anger, age, ambition, importance, and youth, helping readers find the fitting phrase quickly and easily. Perfect for setting the atmosphere, making a point, and or helping spin a tale with economy, intelligence, and ingenuity, the similes found in this collection, where pithy and poetic sayings are as plentiful as blackberries (Shakespeare) and quotes are as useful as a Swiss army knife (anonymous), will inspire anyone.
Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colourful phrases -- from abandoned as a used Kleenex to quiet as an eel swimming in oil -- this reference will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find the perfect simile, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Citing more than 2,000 sources -- from the Bible, Socrates, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and H L Mencken to popular movies, music, and television shows -- the "Simile Dictionary" covers hundreds of subjects broken into thematic categories that include topics such as virtue, anger, age, ambition, importance, and youth, helping readers find the fitting phrase quickly and easily. Perfect for setting the atmosphere, making a point, and or helping spin a tale with economy, intelligence, and ingenuity, the similes found in this collection, where pithy and poetic sayings are as plentiful as blackberries (Shakespeare) and quotes are as useful as a Swiss army knife (anonymous), will inspire anyone.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of...
What is an An-al-o-gy?A similarity between like features of two things which are quite different from each other, on which, a comparison may be based: The Analogy between the heart and a pump...
Title: The Simile: or, Woman a Cloud. A poem.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest...
As alike as two peas in a pod.As sick as a parrot.As nutty as a fruitcake.A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things in an interesting way using the word "like" or...
The book, SIMILES and METAPHORS is the third of a series of educational and entertaining books on word usages. The two other books in this series are: HOMONYMS, AND HYPERBOLE EXAMPLES.
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