What are similes for SAD?

Some famous ones for sad.

Sad as silence when a song is spent. —Alfred Austin.

Sad as death. —Aphra Behn.

Sad as the groans of dying innocence. —Aphra Behn.

Sad as a thousand sighs, when the dark winds sob through the yews.

Sad as wisdom cut off from fellowship.

Sad as Melancholy.

Sad as angels for the good man’s sin.

What is the simile of as red as?

A simile makes a direct comparison
R
as red as blood ( as a poppy )	as rotten as dirt
as red as crimson	as rough as hemp
as red as a rose	as rough as a storm

What is the simile of wet?

A simile makes a direct comparison
W
as wan as moonlight ( as ashes )	as wet as a fish
as warlike as the wolf	as wet as a drowned rat
as warm as sunbeams	as white as fleece ( as ivory, as a lily )

What is the similes of as happy as?

List of AS… AS Similes

as happy as a lark	very happy
as innocent as a lamb	innocent, not worldly-wise
as large as life	conspicuously present
as light as a feather	very light
as light as air	very light

What is the simile of green?

Green

Green as a gourd. —Anonymous	3
Green as a lizard. —Anonymous	4
Green as bottled glass. —Anonymous	5
Green as emeralds. —Anonymous	6
Green as grass. —Anonymous	7

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What is a good simile for patient?

A Dictionary of Similes Patient as rocks. A poor man without patience is like a lamp without oil. Patient, like a marble man. Patient as a stone. Patient as a god. Patient as death. As patient under injury as any Christian saint of old. Patient as destiny.

What is Wilstach’s Dictionary of similes?

Wilstach, Frank J. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes. Wilstach spent over 20 years tracing more than 16,000 similies to 2,000 sources and categorizing them under some 3,000 subjects. See also French Aphorists:

How many similes are there in a dictionary of similes?

A Dictionary of Similes. Wilstach spent over 20 years tracing more than 16,000 similies to 2,000 sources and categorizing them under some 3,000 subjects. See also French Aphorists: