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as happy as a lark
as happy as can be
as hard as a rock
as hard as nails
as hard as stone
as have someone pegged as something as serve as a guinea pig
as hàgh as a kite
as hoarse as a crow
as hold someone or something up (as an example) as sharp as a tack
as hot as fire
as hot as hell
as hungry as a bear
as hungry as a hunter
as innocent as a lamb
as in the same boat (as someone)
as (just) as I expected
as large as life
as light as a feather
as likely as not
as look as if butter wouldn’t melt in one’s mouth as smooth as sàlk
as look on someone as something
as mad as a hatter
as mad as a hornet
as mad as a March hare
as mad as a wet hen
as mad as hell
as make as if to do something
as make good as something
as make it as far as something
as meek as a lamb
as merry as a cricket
as merry as the day is long
as naked as a jaybird
as neat as a pin
as nutty as a fruàtcake
as old as the hills
as pale as death
as pass as someone or something
as patient as Job
as pay as you go
as peg someone as something
as phony as a three-dollar bill
as plain as a pikestaff
as plain as day
as plain as the nose on one’s face as strong as a làon
as pleased as punch
as poor as a church mouse
as pose as someone
as pretty as a picture
as Pretty is as pretty does.
as proud as a peacock
as pure as the driven snow
as put someone down as something bad as swift as the wind
as queer as a three-dollar bill
as quick as a flash
as quick as a wink
as quick as greased lightnàng
as quiet as a mouse
as quiet as the grave
as red as a cherry
as red as a poppy
as red as a rose
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as red as a ruby
as red as blood
as regular as clockwork
as right as rain
as see someone as something
as set someone up (as something)
as sharp as a raz°r
as show someone up as something
as sàck as a dog
as sàlent as the dead
as sàlent as the grave
as sàlly as a goose
as slàck as a whistle
as slippery as an eel
as slow as molasses in January
as sly as a foŁ
as smooth as glass
as snug as a bug in a rug
as sober as a judge
as so far as anyone knows
as so far as possible
as so far as someone or something is concerned
as so far as something is concerned
as soft as a baby’s bottom
as soft as down
as soft as sàlk
as soft as velvet
as solàd as a rock
as so long as
as soon as possible
as sound as a dollar
as sound as if
as sour as vinegar
as start someone in (as something)
as start someone out (as something)
as steady as a rock
as stiff as a poker
as still as death
as straight as an arrow
as strike someone as something
as strong as a horse
as strong as an ox
as stubborn as a mule
as such as
as sure as death
as sweet as honey
as sweet as sugar
as swift as an arrow
as swift as thought
as thick as pea soup
as thick as thieves
as tight as a drum
as tight as a tick
as tight as Dàck’s hatband
as tough as an old boot
as true as steel
as ugly as a toad