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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Lie (Verb)
 
  Lie as fast as dog can lick a plate.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Lies like an auctioneer.
            —Anonymous		  2
  Lies like a tooth-drawer.
            —Anonymous		  3
  Lies like print.
            —Anonymous		  4
  Lie like a charlatan.
            —Honoré de Balzac		  5
  Lie like a political program.
            —Honoré de Balzac		  6
  Lie like a gas meter.
            —Harold Brighouse		  7
  Swere and lye as a womman kan.
            —Geoffrey Chaucer		  8
  He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with prickles.
            —Thomas Hood		  9
  Lies like a feller with a family horse t’ sell.
            —Abe Martin		  10
  Lies like a smile of sunshine among lilies.
            —Gerald Massey		  11
  Lie like a book of anecdotes.
            —Hannah More		  12
  Lies like truth.
            —William Shakespeare		  13
 
 
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