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as agile as
monkey
as alike as
two peas in a pod
as annoying as
nails scratching against a chalkboard
as bald as
a baby’s backside
as bald as
a badger
as bald as
a coot
coot: a kind of bird / eccentric old man
as beautiful as
as nature
as big as
a boat
as big as
a bus
as big as an
elephant
as black as
a sweep
as black as
coal
as black as
pitch
as blind as
a bat ??
as blind as
a mole
as bold as
brass
as brave as
a lion
as bright as
a button
as bright as
a new pin
as bright as
day
as bright as
the sun
as busy as
a beaver
as busy as
a beaver
as busy as
a bee
as busy as a cat
on a hot tin roof
as cold as
ice
as calm as
a milpond
as clear as
a bell
as clean as
a hound’s tooth
as clean as
a whistle
as clear as
crystal
as clear as
mud ??
as common as
dirt
as cool as
a cucumber
as crazy as
a loon
as cunning as
a fox
as cunning as
a fox
as cute as
a baby
as cute as
a button
as cute as
a cupcake
as dead as
a doornail/ dodo
as deaf as
a post
as delicate as
a flower
as dense as
a brick
as different as chalk
from cheese
as drunk
as a lord
as dry as
dust
as dull as
dishwasher
as easy as
ABC/ pie
as fast as a
race car
as fat as
a hippo
as fat as
a pig
as fit as
a fiddle
as flat as
a pancake
as free as
a bird
as fresh as
a daisy
as funny as
a balloon
as gentle as
a lamb
as good as
gold
as hairy as
an ape
as happy as
a clown/ lark / larry
as happy as a rat
with a gold tooth
as hard as
nails/ rock
as high as
a kite
as hoarse as
a crow
as hot as
as a firecracker/ hell
as hungry as
a bear/ wolf
as innocent as
a lamb
as keen as
mustard
as large as
life
as light as
a feather/ air
as lowly as
a wworm
as likely
as not
as loud as
a lion
as mad as
a hatter/ hornet/ march hare
as merry as
a cricket
as modest as
a maiden
as naked as
a baby
as neat as
a pin
as nutty as
a fruitcake
as obstinate as
as a mule
as old as
dirt/ the hills
as pale as
death /ghost
as patient
as job
as plan as
day
as pleased as
punch
as poor as
a church mouse/ dirt
as pretty as
a picture
as proud as
a peacock
as pure as
snow
as quick as
a wink / lighting / silver
as quiet as
a mouse
as rich as
gold
as right as
rain
as round as a
barrel / circle/ sphere
as safe as
houses
as scare as
hen’s teeth
as sensitive as
a flower
as sharp as
a needle/ razor
as sick as
a dog
as silent as
the dead/ as the grave
as silly as
a goose
as sleepy as
a koala
as slippery as
an eel
as slow as
molasses
as slow as
a tortoise
as slow as
a turtle
as slow as
a wet weekend
as slow as
a snail
as smart as
an owl
as smooth as
silk
as snug as
a bug in a rug
as sober as
a judge
as soft as
a baby’s bottom
as solid as
a rock
as sound as
a bell
as sour as
vinegar
as steady as
a rock
as sticky as
jam
as stiff as
board/ death
as straight as
an arrow
as strong as
an ox
as stubborn as
a mule
as sturdy as
an oak
as sure as
death / taxes
as sweet as
honey
as tall as
a giraffe
as tight as
a drum
as thick as
a brick
as thin as
a rake 耙2 / toothpick
additional : hoe 锄头 chu2 tou
as timid as
a rabbit
as tiny as
as a grain of sand
as tough as
leather / nail/ old boots
as white as
a ghost/ sheet/ snow
as wise as
solomon
