Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

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

Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière


Debts are now-a-days like children, begot with pleasure, but brought forth with pain.	1
The head of a woman is like a weathercock on the top of a house, which turns with the slightest wind.	2
Snoring like old boots.	3
A woman is like the ivy, which grows luxuriantly whilst it clings to some sturdy tree, but never thrives if it is separated from it.	4