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

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

J. M. Barrie


Adhering … like shipwrecked mariners on a rock.	1
As fast as a fisher could let out line.	2
Grinning like one bringing rare news.	3
Incongruous as a wedding-dress at a funeral.	4
Indistinguishable … like a celebrity in a crowd.	5
Lingered … like innocent birds loath to be gone from the spot where their nest has been.	6
Come out like beetles when the lights are out.	7
Quick as a stab.	8
As quickly as iron in the fire passes through the various stages between warmth and white heat.	9
Began as quietly as a roaring March.	10
As repellent as a boy’s drum.	11
Round and round like a boiling potful.	12
Round and round, like a dance of snow In a dazzling drift.	13
Shivered as if in a deadly chill.	14
Smiling triumphantly the while like one who had discovered a cure for duty.	15
Trembling like a man with the palsy.	16
As unsettling to us as a change of Government to Londoners.	17
Waggled like the hilt of a sword.	18