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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Bad
 
  Bad as the itch.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Bad as a blight.
            —Thomas Hood		  2
  As bad, as what is worst.
            —John Lyly		  3
  Bad as toothdrawing.
            —Sir Thomas More (Pseudo Shakespearean)		  4
  Bad as marrying the devil’s daughter and living with the old folks.
            —Poor Robin’s Almanack		  5
  Bad as the fighting bull of Stamford.
            —English Proverb		  6
  Bad as two kings of Brentford.
            —English Proverb		  7
 
 
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