Folklore: Similes for Today

Subject: RE: Similes for Today
From: GUEST,si
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 06:27 PM

'ow abaht........camp as a row of tents.

Subject: RE: Similes for Today
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 07:24 PM

In and out like a horse's ass.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 08:12 PM

Dull as ditch water.

Poor as a church mouse.

Dead as a dodo.

Stiff as a board.

High as a kite.

Deaf as a post.

Drunk as a skunk.

Blind as a bat.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 11:14 PM

jeffp,

That does make more sense. Thanks!

YY

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: Lady Nancy
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 03:40 PM

Crabbit as a bag o' weasels. (U need a slight Scottish accent for that one!)

All good fun, though

LN

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: jeffp
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 03:55 PM

You're as welcome as a cold beer, YY.

jeffp

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: Michael
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 04:14 PM

Years ago (when we were lads) a friend of mine by the name of Ray,used to say he was 'as dry as a docker's armpit' or 'as dry as a ferret's armpit' which eventually became 'as dry as a docker's ferret'

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: akenaton
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 04:27 PM

Up and Doon,like a whores' drawers!

In and oot, like a fiddlers elbow!

As much good as,a hip pocket in a shirt!

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: Celtaddict
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 12:03 AM

An obstetrician I knew in a former lifetime used to describe an easy delivery as "slicker'n a snotty doorknob."
A song by Mustard's Retreat describes "a night like the Devil's riding boots."
And possibly my favorite brief description of a person, Dorothy Dunnett's "He looked like an oak tree with dimples."

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: C-flat
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 12:35 PM

Up and down like a bog seat (busy)

Bent as a nine-bob note (crooked)

As subtle as a flying brick (not)

Eloquent as f**k (not)

More front than Blackpool (confident/cocky)

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: Cluin
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 01:37 PM

One of my Dad's: bouncin' around like a bubble in a pisspot

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: GUEST,Braggadocio
Date: 03 Sep 11 - 08:01 PM

In and out like a dog at a fair

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: GUEST,peter j w
Date: 01 Feb 12 - 09:21 AM

here's a few that don't seem to be above

A face like a bad cobbler's thumb
up & down like a fan dancers drawers
smells like a whore house parlour
as useless a spare prick at a wedding
as rough as a badgers arse
You can see the barge pole marks

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: GUEST,999
Date: 01 Feb 12 - 10:32 AM

"From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30."

Found that somewhere.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: GUEST,BrunoTheManc
Date: 17 Jun 12 - 06:18 AM

As tight as / Fits like a nun's knicker leg
Fits' like a Burton's shirt
As steady as an MFI wardrobe
About as useful as Anne Franck's drumkit
As useful as a frozen fireguard
As useless as a one-legged man at an arse-kicking party

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: GUEST,IrishBoris
Date: 24 Jul 12 - 11:13 AM

Got this one from a fellow from Port Arthur TX: Hungry enough to eat the ass out of a rag doll.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Similes for Today
From: Joe_F
Date: 24 Jul 12 - 02:19 PM

_Texas Crude_, by Ken Weaver, contains many of these. The first is "I was so scared my ass pulled five pounds of cotton out of the front seat of the truck".