| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Dion Boucicault |
| | | How absurd you must have looked with your legs and arms in the air, like a shipwrecked tea-table. | 1 |
| Affection, like the nut within the shell, wants freedom. | 2 |
| Black as a young rook. | 3 |
| A red bag, fat with your unpaid bills, like a landing net. | 4 |
| Stick to her point like a fox to his own tail. | 5 |
| As wild as game in July. | 6 | | |
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