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

Tight

Tight as a drum head.
—Anonymous

Locked tight as an oyster.
—Anonymous

Tight as a wad.
—Anonymous

Tight as Dick’s hatband.
—Anonymous

Tight as the skin of a gooseberry.
—Anonymous

Tight as a bow-string.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Tight as a bottle.
—Joseph Conrad

Tight as a gooseberry.
—Charles Dickens

Skin tight like a bursting vest.
—Amy Lowell

Tight like teeth.
—George Meredith