| 1. |
As blind as a bat. |
| 2. |
As bitter as gall, hemlock. |
| 3. |
As cheerful as a lark. |
| 4. |
As cunning as a fox. |
| 5. |
As fair as a rose. |
| 6. |
As fast as a hare, light, storm, eagle. |
| 7. |
As firm as a rock. |
| 8. |
As flat as a board, or a pancake. |
| 9. |
As free as the air. |
| 10. |
As fresh as a daisy or a rose. |
| 11. |
As grave as a judge |
| 12. |
As greedy as a dog, or a wolf. |
| 13. |
As gentle as a lamb. |
| 14. |
As hard as a flint, or a stone. |
| 15. |
As harmless as a dove. |
| 16. |
As hungry as a hank, or a horse, or a hunter. |
| 17. |
As light as a feather. |
| 18. |
As merry as a cricket. |
| 19. |
As obstinate as a mule. |
| 20. |
As pale as death, or ghost. |
| 21. |
As playful as a butterfly, or a kitten or a squirrel. |
| 22. |
As proud as a peacock. |
| 23. |
As slippery as an eel. |
| 24. |
As soft as butter. |
| 25. |
As silent as the dead, or stars. |
| 26. |
As tricky as a monkey. |
| 27. |
As true as steel. |
| 28. |
As wise as a serpent or solomon. |
| 29. |
As yielding as wax. |
| 30. |
As agile as a cat, monkey. |
| 31. |
As far apart as the poles. |
| 32. |
As black as ebony. |
| 33. |
As blithe as May. |
| 34. |
As boisterous as stormy sea winds. |
| 35. |
As bounteous as nature. |
| 36. |
As brief as time as a dream. |
| 37. |
As brittle as glass. |
| 38. |
As candid as mirrors. |
| 39. |
As chaste as Minerva. |