Simile

Simile adalah kata yang digunakan untuk menyamakan sesuatu atau seserang dengan yang lainnya. Dalam Bahasa Indonesia, kita sering sekali menjumpai Simile. Contoh dalam Bahasa Indonesia adalah “Hatimu sekeras batu”, “Kulitnya sehalus sutra” dan masih banyak lagi yang lainnya.

Contoh dalam Bahasa Inggris adalah sebagai berikut:

1. As agile as a monkey


2. As alike as two peas in a pod


3. As annoying as nails scratching against a chalkboard.


4. As bald as a baby’s backside


5. As bald as a badger


6. As bald as a coot


7. As beautiful as nature


8. As big as a boat


9. As big as a bus


10. As big as an elephant


11. As black as a sweep


12. As black as coal


13. As black as one is painted


14. As black as pitch


15. As blind as a bat


16. As blind as a mole


17. As bold as brass


18. As brave as a lion


19. As bright as a button


20. As bright as a new pin


21. As bright as day


22. As bright as the sun


23. As busy as a beaver


24. As busy as a bee


25. As busy as a cat on a hot tin roof


26. As calm as a millpond


27. As clear as a bell


28. As clean as a hound’s tooth


29. As clean as a whistle


30. As clear as crystal


31. As clear as mud


32. As cold as ice


33. As common as dirt


34. As cool as a cucumber


35. As crazy as a loon


36. As cunning as a fox


37. As cute as a baby


38. As cute as a button


39. As cute as a cup cake


40. As damp as the salty blue ocean


41. As dead as a doornail


42. As dead as the dodo


43. As deaf as a post


44. As delicate as a flower


45. As dense as a brick


46. As different as chalk from cheese


47. As drunk as a lord


48. As dry as a bone


49. As dry as dust


50. As dull as dishwater


51. As easy as A.B.C.


52. As easy as pie


53. As fast as a racecar


54. As fat as a hippo


55. As fat as a pig


56. As fit as a fiddle


57. As flat as a pancake


58. As free as a bird


59. As fresh as a daisy


60. As funny as a balloon


61. As gentle as a lamb As good as gold


62. As hairy as an ape


63. As happy as a clown


64. As happy as a lark


65. As happy as Larry


66. As happy as a rat with a gold tooth


67. As hard as nails


68. As hard as rock


69. As high as a kite


70. As hoarse as a crow


71. As hot as a fire cracker


72. As hot as hell


73. As hungry as a bear


74. As hungry as a wolf


75. As innocent as a lamb


76. As keen as mustard


77. As large as life


78. As light as a feather


79. As light as air


80. As likely as not


81. As loud as a lion


82. As lowly as a worm


83. As mad as a hatter


84. As mad as a hornet


85. As mad as the march hare


86. As merry as a cricket


87. As modest as a maiden


88. As much use as a yard of pump water


89. As naked as a baby


90. As neat as a pin


91. As nutty as a fruitcake


92. As obstinate as a mule


93. As old as dirt


94. As old as the hills


95. As pale as death


96. As pale as a ghost


97. As patient as Job


98. As plain as day


99. As pleased as Punch


100. As poor as a church mouse


101. As poor as dirt


102. As pretty as a picture


103. As proud as a peacock


104. As pure as snow


105. As pure as the driven snow


106. As quick as a wink


107. As quick as lightning


108. As quick as silver


109. As quiet as a mouse


110. As rich as gold


111. As right as rain


112. As round as a barrel


113. As round as a circle


114. As round as a sphere


115. As safe as houses


116. As scarce as hen’s teeth


117. As sensitive as a flower


118. As sharp as a needle


119. As sharp as a razor


120. As sick as a dog


121. As sick as a parrt


122. As silent as the dead


123. As silent as the grave


124. As silly as a goose


125. As sleepy as a koala


126. As slippery as an eel


127. As slow as molasses


128. As slow as a snail


129. As slow as a tortoise


130. As slow as a turtle


131. As slow as a wet weekend


132. As sly as a fox


133. As smart as an owl


134. As smooth as silk


135. As snug as a bug in a rug


136. As sober as a judge


137. As soft as a baby’s bottom


138. As solid as a rock


139. As solid as the ground we stand on


140. As sound as a bell


141. As sour as vinegar


142. As steady as a rock


143. As sticky as jam


144. As stiff as a board


145. As still as death


146. As straight as an arrow


147. As strong as an ox


148. As stubborn as a mule


149. As sturdy as an oak


150. As sure as death and taxes


151. As sweet as honey


152. As tall as a giraffe


153. As tight as a drum


154. As thick as a brick


155. As thin as a rake


156. As thin as a toothpick


157. As timid as a rabbit


158. As tiny as a grain of sand


159. As tough as leather


160. As tough as nails


161. As tough as old boots


162. As tricky as a box of monkeys


163. As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party


164. As white as a ghost


165. As white as a sheet


166. As white as snow


167. As wise as Solomon


168. As wise as an owl


169. Worked as hard as an alabama cottonpicker