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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Gasp

Gasping like a fish newly taken from the water.
—Edward Eggleston

Gasping … like a trout after water on a kitchen table.
—Gustave Flaubert

Gasping like frogs in drought.
—Charles Kingsley