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

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

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About as like as an apple to an oyster. —Anonymous	1
As like as the two halves of an apple. —Anonymous	2
As like as two pins. —Anonymous	3
As like each other as a sword and scythe. —Philip James Bailey	4
As like him as flakes ov snow. —Josh Billings	5
As like as hand to another hand. —Robert Browning	6
Like as twins. —Robert Browning	7
Is na mare like … than the nyght oule resemblis the papingay. —Gawain Douglas	8
Like as chalk and coles. —James Hurdis	9
As lyke as one pease is to another. —John Lyly	10
As like him as an eagle to an eagle. —Ouida	11
Like a leaf on a withering limb, The fluttering life still clung to him. —T. Buchanan Read	12
No more like than chalk and cheese. —Samuel Rowland	13
No more like my father Than I to Hercules. —William Shakespeare	14
Alike as my fingers is to my fingers. —William Shakespeare	15
As like, as rain to water, or devil to his dam. —William Shakespeare	16
Like as eggs. —William Shakespeare	17
As like this as a crab is like an apple. —William Shakespeare	18
As like you, As cherry is to cherry. —William Shakespeare	19
Day like to day, face like to face, as waves in some calm sea. —William Watson	20