Idioms Flashcards
As angry as
Hell
As big as
Life
As bitter as
Gall
As black as
Coal/soot/pitch
As blind as
A bat
As bold as
Brass
As bright as
A button
As brittle as
Glass
As brown as
A berry
As brave as
A lion
As busy as
A bee/ an ant / a beaver
As calm as
A millpond / a cat
As cheap as
Dirt
As clean as
New pin / a whistle
As clear as
Crystal / broad daylight / mud
As close as
The grave
As clumsy as
An elephant
As cold as
Ice/ marble/steel/ stone
As cool as
A cucumber
As common as
The highway
As croocked as
A dog’s hind leg
As crazy as
A loon
As cross as
Two sticks
As dead as
Do-do / door-nail
As deaf as
A post
As different as
Chalk and cheese
As drunk as
A lord
As dry as
Dust/ a bone
As dull as
Ditch-water
As dumb as
An oyster
As easy as
ABC / pie
As fair as
A rose
As far as
Possible
As fast as
A deer/ hare
As fast as a
Pig
As feeble as a
Child
As fierce as a
Lion
As fit as a
Fiddle
As flat as a
Pancake
As fresh as a
Daisy
As free as a
Bird
As gentle as a
Lamb
As good as
Gold
As graceful as a
Swan
As green as
Grass
As hairy as a
Gorilla
As happy as a
Lark/ clam
As happy as a
Flea in a doghouse
As hard as
Stone / iron / nails
As heavy as
Lead/ an elephant
As high as
Kite
As hot as
Fire
As hungry as
A wolf/ bear
As industious as
Beaver
As innocent as a
Lamb
As keen as
Mustard
As large as
Life
As like as
Two herring / peas
As loyal as an
Apostle
As mad as a
Hatter / March hare
As mean as a
Snake
As meet as a
Sow for a saddle
As nutty as a
Fruitcake
As obstinate as
Multe
As old as the
Hills
As pale as a
Ghost/ death
As playful as a
Kitten/ puppy
As plain as
day
As pleased as
Punch
As plump as a
Partridge
As poor as
Dirt / a peacock
As pretty as a
Picture
As proud as a
Peacock
As quiet as a
Mouse
As quick as a
Lightening / a flash
As red as a (boiled )
Lobster / a turkey-cock
As regular as the
Clock
As right as
Rain
As scarce as
Hen’s teeth
As sharp as a
Thorn/ needle
As sick as a
Dog/ parrot
As silent as the
Grave
As silly as a
Sheep
As slim as a
Willow
As slow as a
Snail/ tortoise
As sly as a
Fox
As smooth as
Grass
As sober as a
Judge
As soft as
Silk
As soon as
Possible
As sound as a
Bell
As steady as
A rock
As stiff as a
Poker
As straight as an
Arrow / ramrod
As strong as a
Horse/ ox
As stubborn as a
Mule
As sure as
Fate
As sweety as
Honey
As swift as an
Arrow / hare / hawk
As thick as
Thieves
As tenacious as
A buldog
As thin as a
Rake / stick
As timid as a
Rabbit
As tired as a
Dog
As tough as
Old boots
As true as
Steel
As ugly as
Sin
As warm as
Toast/wool
As weak as a
Lamb/ water
As white as a
Ghost/ snow / a sheet
As wise as an
Owl/ Solomon
