Analogies used by students in essays
1. When she tried to sing, it sounded like a walrus giving birth to farm equipment.
2. Her eyes twinkled, like the moustache of a man with a cold.
3. She was like a magnet: Attractive from the back, repulsive from the front.
4. The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg
1. When she tried to sing, it sounded like a walrus giving birth to farm equipment.
2. Her eyes twinkled, like the moustache of a man with a cold.
3. She was like a magnet: Attractive from the back, repulsive from the front.
4. The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg
behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
5. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room
5. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room
temperature Canadian beef.
6. She had him like a toenail stuck in a shag carpet.
7. The lamp just sat there, like an inanimate object.
8. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had two sides gently
6. She had him like a toenail stuck in a shag carpet.
7. The lamp just sat there, like an inanimate object.
8. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had two sides gently
compressed by a Thigh Master.
9. Her eyes were like the stars, not because they twinkle,
9. Her eyes were like the stars, not because they twinkle,
but because they were so far apart.
10. His career was blowing up like a man with a broken metal detector
10. His career was blowing up like a man with a broken metal detector
walking through an active minefield.
11. The sun was below the watery horizon, like a diabetic
11. The sun was below the watery horizon, like a diabetic
grandma easing into a warm salt bath.
12. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie,
12. 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 at a 7:00 p.m. Instead of 7:30.
13. It was as easy as taking candy from a diabetic man who
13. It was as easy as taking candy from a diabetic man who
no longer wishes to eat candy.
14. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a
14. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a
dog makes before it throws up.
15. Their love burned with the fiery intensity of a urinary tract infection.
16. It's basically an illusion and no different than if I were to imagine
15. Their love burned with the fiery intensity of a urinary tract infection.
16. It's basically an illusion and no different than if I were to imagine
something else, like Batman riding a flying toaster.
17. If it was any colder, it would be like being in a place that's
17. If it was any colder, it would be like being in a place that's
a little colder than it is here.
18. Joy fills her heart like a silent but deadly fart fills a room with no windows.
19. The bird flew gracefully into the air like a man stepping on a landmine in zero gravity.
20. He felt confused. As confused as a homeless man on house arrest.
21. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because
18. Joy fills her heart like a silent but deadly fart fills a room with no windows.
19. The bird flew gracefully into the air like a man stepping on a landmine in zero gravity.
20. He felt confused. As confused as a homeless man on house arrest.
21. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because
of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a
formerly surcharge-free ATM.
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As you saunter through the leaves of life,
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As you saunter through the leaves of life,
may all the dog poop be on the other side of the road.
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