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Example sentences for: simile

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Joseph finally finds his way through the metaphors, while Rosen proves himself a master of the more prosaic but rich art of the simile.
What We Can Learn From STDs: The most unlikely simile of the weekend belongs to John Harris on Washington Week in Review . Tailgate is "more like herpes than AIDS," because though not fatal, it promises many painful flare-ups.
Or, to use another simile, they are like shrubs transplanted to an alien climate: sometimes the shrub loses its spreading habit or becomes dwarfed; sometimes it expands luxuriantly, taking up more space than when on native ground; occasionally, it keeps its original shape and size.
Thus, play ball with seems obvious; but mad as a hatter , though properly a simile, needs an explanation; play possum is meaningful only to those who have been told what it means or have had direct experience with the behavior of opossums.
His similes--there is at least one per page--are either trimmed for historical plausibility (like the thieves Romishly at prayer) or, more frequently, made to involve an animal, the idea perhaps being that in simpler times, a homely, rustic simile would have come to mind.