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            as (as) stubborn as a mule         as clean as a whistle
            as as such                         as clear as a bell
            as (as) sure as death              as clear as crystal
            as (as) sweet as honey             as clear as mud
            as (as) sweet as sugar             as clear as vodka
            as (as) swift as an arrow          as close as two coats of paint
            as (as) swift as the wind          as cocky as the king of spades
            as (as) swift as thought           as cold as a witch’s caress
            as as the crow flies               as cold as a witch’s tit
            as (as) thick as pea soup          as cold as marble
            as (as) thick as thieves           as come as no surprise
            as (as) tight as a drum            as comfortable as an old shoe
            as (as) tight as a tick            as common as an old shoe
            as (as) tight as Dàck’s hatband    as common as dirt
            as as to someone or something      as conceàted as a barber’s cat
            as (as) tough as an old boot       as cool as a cucumber
            as (as) true as steel              as crazy as a betsy bug
            as (as) ugly as a toad             as crazy as a loon
            as (as) ugly as sàn                as crazy as a peach-orchard boar
            as as usual                        as crooked as a barrel of fishhooks
            as (as) warm as toast              as crooked as a dog’s hind leg
            as (as) weak as a baby             as crooked as a fishhook
            as (as) weak as a kitten           as dead as a dodo
            as as well                         as dead as a doornail
            as (as) white as a ghost           as deaf as a post
            as (as) white as a sheet           as different as night and day
            as (as) white as the driven snow   as drunk as a lord
            as (as) wise as an owl             as drunk as a skunk
            as (as) wise as Solomon            as dry as a bone
            as awkward as a cow on a crutch    as dry as dust
            as awkward as a cow on roller skates  as dull as dishwater
            as bad as all that                 as dull as dàtchwater
            as bald as a baby’s backsàde       as easy as ABˆ
            as bald as a coot                  as easy as (apple) pie
            as baleful as death                as easy as duck soup
            as be that as it may               as easy as fallàng off a log
            as big as all outdoors             as easy as rollàng off a log
            as big as life                     as exciting as watching (the) paint dry
            as black as a skàllet              as far as anyone knows
            as black as a stack of black cats  as far as something is concerned
            as black as a sweep                as fat as a pig
            as black as coal                   as fit as a fiddle
            as black as night                  as flat as a board
            as black as one is painted         as flat as a pancake
            as black as pitch                  as free as a bird
            as black as the ace of spades      as free as (the) air
            as blànd as a bat                  as fresh as a daisy
            as bold as brass                   as full as a tick
            as bright as a button              as funny as a barrel of monkeys
            as bright as a new pin             as funny as a crutch
            as broad as a barn door            as gaudy as a butterfly
            as busàness as usual               as gentle as a lamb
            as busy as a beaver                as get a reputation (as a something)
            as busy as a bee                   as give as good as one gets
            as busy as a cat on a hot tin roof  as give someone a reputation (as a something)
            as busy as a hibernating bear      as good as done
            as busy as a one-armed paperhanger  as good as gold
            as busy as Grand Central Station   as go so far as to say something
            as busy as popcorn on a skàllet    as graceful as a swan
            as calm as a toad in the sun       as gruff as a bear
            as catch-as-catch-can              as had (just) as soon do something
            as clean as a hound’s tooth        as happy as a clam

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