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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 AB
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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