As active as…
What a great simile to describe a fast-darting, quick-acting mind! Sadly, this vivid image also reminds me of a certain...
As warm as …
A surprising simile, something as ordinary and comforting as warm tea, here poured differently to describe a stream of blood. ...
Chopping and changing
I like how Logue places the words so they don’t flow smoothly but themselves wallop, slap back, chop and change,...
The mind’s cheap tunes
A sharp way to capture the Groundhog Day repetition of pointlessly churning regrets and anxieties: like a jingle you can't...
As quick as …
This deserves to enter daily usage: 'As quick as thinking'.
Source: JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit (London: HarperCollins, 1995), p. 67
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Rising like a damp-stain
In addition to the infiltration of Christianity, seeping into Hellenic culture, as this historian memorably puts it, 'like a damp-stain',...
Dull as suet pudding
A charming alternative to ‘dull as ditchwater’. I also like the last affirmative sentence.
“Your brother is...
Blue as deep as…
It seems some newborns have blue eyes even if later they take on other hues. Colour is one of the...
Swimming in circles
A fine simile for a wife who after a good stretch of marriage, still presses all the wrong buttons with...
Of striking light
A vivid image, of light striking mountains like a hatchet splitting the darkness. From the first volume of an excellent...
As fast as …
How fast can a pattering heart beat? As fast as water can drip before it starts dribbling. You can't quantify...
Great grassy hills
A beautiful description of a large-hearted calming character, who has a benign influence on those around him. We need more...
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