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

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

Immovable


Immovable as the figure of Mercury. —Anonymous	1
Grenadiers … stood their ground immovable, like rocks, steadily spouting fire-torrents. —Thomas Carlyle	2
Immovable as a pump or a lamp-post. —Charles Dickens	3
Immovable as a leopard crouching in the jungle. —Gustave Flaubert	4
Immovable as a picture. —Gustave Flaubert	5
Immovable, as if it were painted on the wall. —Nathaniel Hawthorne	6
Immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. —O. Henry	7
Immovable, like the owner’s names, cut in brass, and nailed to their doors. —Thomas Holcroft	8
Immovable in the flow of the rout as rocks in running water. —Victor Hugo	9
Immovable as a man of iron. —Charles Kingsley	10
Immovable as the sun. —Theognis	11