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

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

John Heywood


Broad as barn doors.	1
Comely as is a cow in a cage.	2
Thou goest like a dromedary, dreary and drowsy.	3
As far exceed … as doth the flower the weed.	4
Hard as wire.	5
As meet as a rope for a thief.	6
Mend as sour ale in summer.	7
Presumptuous as Haman the halt.	8
Rich as newshorn sheep.	9
Right as a line.	10
Rugged as burrs.	11
Sharp as a handsaw.	12
Sharp as her needle.	13
Slippery as an eel’s tail.	14
As wise as a woodcock.	15