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pronounced: SIM-i-lee

It's been a hard day's night,
and I've been working like a dog The Beatles

A simile is a figure of speech that says that one thing is like another different thing. We can use similes to make descriptions more emphatic or vivid.

We often use the words as...as and like with similes.

Common patterns for similes, with example sentences, are:

something [is*] AS adjective AS something
His skin was as cold as ice.
It felt as hard as rock.
She looked as gentle as a lamb.
something [is*] LIKE something
My love is like a red, red rose.
These cookies taste like garbage.
He had a temper (that was) like a volcano.
something [does**] LIKE something
He eats like a pig.
He smokes like a chimney.
They fought like cats and dogs.

* stative verb: be, feel, smell, taste etc
** action verb

Here are some more examples of well known similes:

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[is] AS adjective AS something	meaning
as blind as a bat	completely blind
as cold as ice	very cold
as flat as a pancake	completely flat
as gentle as a lamb	very gentle
as light as a feather	very light
as old as the hills	very old
as sharp as a knife	very sharp
as strong as a bull	very strong
as white as snow	pure white
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Longer list of AS...AS similes

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[is] LIKE something	possible meaning (depending on context)
like a rose	beautiful
like a volcano	explosive
like garbage	disgusting
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like spaghetti	entangled
like dewdrops	sweet and pure
like golddust	precious
like a tip	very untidy (tip = garbage dump)
like a dream	wonderful, incredible
like stars	bright and beautiful

[does] LIKE something	meaning
to drink like a fish	to drink a lot
to eat like a bird	to eat very little
to eat like a horse	to eat a lot
to eat like a pig	to eat impolitely
to fight like cats and dogs	to fight fiercely
to sing like an angel	to sing beautifully
to sleep like a log	to sleep well and soundly
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to soar like an eagle	to fly high and free
to work like a dog	to work very hard

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Similes often make use of irony or sarcasm. In such cases they may even mean the opposite of the adjective used. Look at these examples:

His explanation was as clear as mud. (not clear at all since mud is opaque)
The film was about as interesting as watching a copy of Windows download. (long and boring)
Watching the show was like watching paint dry. (very boring)

Similes are often found (and they sometimes originate) in poetry and other literature. Here are a few examples:

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle - Irina Dunn
Dawn breaks open like a wound that bleeds afresh - Wilfred Owen
Death has many times invited me: it was like the salt invisible in the waves - Pablo Neruda
Guiltless forever, like a tree - Robert Browning
Happy as pigs in mud - David Eddings
How like the winter hath my absence been - William Shakespeare
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Jubilant as a flag unfurled - Dorothy Parker
So are you to my thoughts as food to life - William Shakespeare
Yellow butterflies flickered along the shade like flecks of sun - William Faulkner

Popular songs, too, make use of simile:

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle - U2
Cheaper than a hot dog with no mustard - Beastie Boys
I must do what's right, as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti - Toto
It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog - The Beatles
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Like a bat outta [out of] hell - Meat Loaf
My heart is like an open highway - Jon Bon Jovi
These are the seasons of emotion and like the winds they rise and fall - Led Zeppelin
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
You are as subtle as a brick to the small of my back - Taking Back Sunday

Many similes are clichés (phrases that are overused and betray a lack of original thought). You should use well-known similes with care; but it is certainly useful to learn them so that you can understand language containing them.

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Play these fun matching similes games to help your comprehension.

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