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[Anonymous]

what is simile

[RonBee]

• She was sleeping as soundly as a hibernating bear.

• When Cindy snored she sounded like a freight train.

Those are examples of similes.

Here's another:

• As quiet as a mouse, the cat crept thru the house.

:D

• Simile
  http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/simile.html

[RonBee]

Say:

• What is a simile?

Here's another:

• He was as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

:D

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:D

[Tdol]

Sick as a parrot.

[RonBee]

Sick as a parrot.

Frankly, I don't get it. What do illness and parrots have in common?

:?

How about:

• As sick as a skunk

Or:

• As sick as a dog

Those don't make much sense to me either. Unfortunately, those are far from self-explanatory. (Those last two were suggested to me by my wife.)

Is there any way we can change the title of this thread to something more descriptive?

By the way, I have posted some poems in the couplets thread for the purpose of illustrating the use of the simile. Have you seen them?

:)

[RonBee]

How about:

• He's as sick as a dog that has been eating rotten horsemeat.

Or:

• He is as sick as a parrot that has been dead for two days.

:wink:

[Tdol]

I'm not an expert in parrots, but we use both 'sick as a dog' and 'sick as a parrot' in BE.

[Casiopea]

I'm not an expert in parrots, but we use both 'sick as a dog' and 'sick as a parrot' in BE.

I loved it! :D

Here's an odd one from the Yukon:

Stupid like stick.
(no 'a')

:D

[RonBee]

Some fairly common expressions, although well-understood, don't seem to make much sense. One of them is as smart as a whip.

• She's as smart as a whip,
  And Cas is also quite hip.
  :wink:

One that is not hard to understand is stubborn as a mule.

• He's as stubborn as a Missouri mule,
  And you'd never know Ron has been to school.
  :wink:

Missouri is, of course, known for its mules. One well-known story is about the farmer that was seen hitting his mule with a 2x4. A city slicker happened to see a farmer hitting his mule with a big stick. He asked the farmer why he was doing that. The farmer responded, "Well, first you have to get his attention."

[Tdol]