| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Austin Dobson |
| | | Black as beads. | 1 |
| Blithe as a bird new risen from the corn. | 2 |
| Blithe as the first blithe song of birds that waken. | 3 |
| Brisk as a burger over a bottle. | 4 |
| Chirp … like new-fledged linnet. | 5 |
| Her eyes are bright as beryl stones that in the tankard wink. | 6 |
| Eyes like the morning. | 7 |
| Fresh as a fresh young pear-tree blossoming. | 8 |
| Gaunt as a wolf. | 9 |
| Gay as a thrush. | 10 |
| Light as a snowflake. | 11 |
| Her lips are like the muscatel. | 12 |
| Loose as a vine-branch blowing in the morn. | 13 |
| Old as Time. | 14 |
| Riddled like a pepper castor. | 15 |
| Shabby as a sheepskin book. | 16 |
Shy
As some stray fawn that seeks its mother. | 17 |
| Slumbered like Goldsmith’s Madam Blaize, bedizened and brocaded. | 18 |
| As soft and sleek as girlish cheek. | 19 |
As Pokers do, whose tails are
Squeaked. | 20 |
| Thick as bees. | 21 | | |
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