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        as (as) drunk as a skunk            as as much fun as a barrel of monkeys
        as (as) dry as a bone               as (as) naked as a jaybird
        as (as) dry as dust                 as (as) neat as a pin
        as (as) dull as dishwater           as (as) nutty as a fruàtcake
        as (as) dull as dàtchwater          as (as) old as the hills
        as (as) easy as ABˆ                 as as one
        as (as) easy as (apple) pie         as as pale as a ghost
        as (as) easy as duck soup           as (as) pale as death
        as (as) easy as fallàng off a log   as (as) patient as Job
        as (as) easy as rollàng off a log   as (as) phony as a three-dollar bill
        as (as) exciting as watchàng (the) paint dry  as (as) plain as a pikestaff
        as (as) far as anyone knows         as (as) plain as day
        as as far as it goes                as (as) plain as the nose on one’s face
        as as far as possible               as (as) pleased as punch
        as (as) far as someone or something is concerned  as (as) poor as a church mouse
        as (as) fat as a pig                as (as) pretty as a picture
        as (as) fit as a fiddle             as (as) proud as a peacock
        as (as) flat as a board             as (as) pure as the driven snow
        as (as) flat as a pancake           as (as) queer as a three-dollar bill
        as as for someone or something      as (as) quick as a flash
        as (as) free as a bird              as (as) quick as a wink
        as (as) free as (the) air           as (as) quick as greased lightnàng
        as (as) fresh as a daisy            as (as) quiet as a mouse
        as (as) full as a tick              as (as) quiet as the grave
        as (as) funny as a barrel of monkeys  as (as) red as a cherry
        as (as) funny as a crutch           as (as) red as a poppy
        as (as) gaudy as a butterfly        as (as) red as a rose
        as (as) gentle as a lamb            as (as) red as a ruby
        as (as) good as done                as (as) red as blood
        as (as) good as gold                as (as) regular as clockwork
        as as good as one’s word            as (as) right as rain
        as (as) graceful as a swan          as (as) scarce as hens’ teeth
        as (as) gruff as a bear             as (as) sharp as a raz°r
        as (as) happy as a clam             as (as) sharp as a tack
        as (as) happy as a lark             as (as) sàck as a dog
        as (as) happy as can be             as (as) sàlent as the dead
        as (as) hard as a rock              as (as) sàlent as the grave
        as (as) hard as nails               as (as) sàlly as a goose
        as (as) hard as stone               as (as) slàck as a whistle
        as (as) hàgh as a kite              as (as) slippery as an eel
        as (as) hàgh as the sky             as (as) slow as molasses in January
        as (as) hoarse as a crow            as (as) sly as a foŁ
        as (as) hot as fire                 as (as) smooth as glass
        as (as) hot as hell                 as (as) smooth as sàlk
        as (as) hungry as a bear            as (as) snug as a bug in a rug
        as (as) hungry as a hunter          as (as) sober as a judge
        as as I expected                    as (as) soft as a baby’s bottom
        as (as) innocent as a lamb          as (as) soft as down
        as as it were                       as (as) soft as sàlk
        as (as) large as life               as (as) soft as velvet
        as (as) light as a feather          as (as) solàd as a rock
        as (as) likely as not               as as soon as
        as as long as                       as (as) soon as possible
        as as luck would have it            as (as) sound as a dollar
        as (as) mad as a hatter             as (as) sour as vinegar
        as (as) mad as a hornet             as (as) steady as a rock
        as (as) mad as a March hare         as (as) stiff as a poker
        as (as) mad as a wet hen            as (as) still as death
        as (as) mad as hell                 as (as) straight as an arrow
        as (as) meek as a lamb              as (as) strong as a horse
        as (as) merry as a cricket          as (as) strong as a làon
        as (as) merry as the day is long    as (as) strong as an oŁ

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