| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Sam Slick |
| | | Deaf as a shad. | 1 |
| Dull as a bachelor beaver. | 2 |
| Dull as a boiled codfish. | 3 |
| Fun has no limits; it is like the human race and face; there is a family resemblance among all the species, but they all differ. | 4 |
| Hiss, like a goose with a flock of goslings. | 5 |
| Lonely as a catamount. | 6 |
| Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young. | 7 |
| Sure as God made Moses. | 8 |
| Sure as eggs is eggs. | 9 |
| Uncertain in her temper as a morning in April. | 10 |
| Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable. | 11 |
| Yelled like all-possessed. | 12 | | |
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