1、常见的英语用 as.as 表示的明喻形式作者：赵宝斌 as absurd(荒唐) as putting together the pieces of vaseas bare as the back of one hand/a picked boneas bald(秃) as a cootas black as coal/ink/jet/midnight/pitch/soot/Styx/as blind as a bat/beetle/moleas bold as brass/a lionas brave as a lionas bright as a day/noonday/silveras
2、brittle as glassas brown as berryas busy as a beeas changeable as weather/a clock/the moonas cheerful as a larkas clear as a bell/a day/crystal/ daylight/the nose on your faceas close as a clam/an oysteras common as dirtyas cold as ice/marble/a stone/a cucumber/a key/charity/frogas cool as a cucumbe
3、ras cross as a bearas cunning(狡猾) as a foxas dark as pitchas dead as a door nail/muttonas deaf as a post/a beetle/an adderas deep as a wallas different as chalk from cheeseas distinct as a day and nightas dry as dust/a stick/a bone/a biscuitas drunk as a lord/a mouth/a saneas dumb as a statue/an oys
4、ter/a fishas dull as sawdust/cold dish wateras easy as ABC/lying/milking/shelling peas/my eye/an old shoe/going down the river/chasing a cow out of a meadow/pie/anythingas empty as a drumas fair as a roseas far as the eye could seeas fat as a pit/butteras fierce as a tigeras firm as rockas fit as a
5、flea/a fiddleas flat as a pancake/a boardas free as a bird/airas fleet (swift) as a deeras fresh as a rose/a daisyas gay as a larkas gaudy(华丽) as a butterfly/a peacockas gentle as a lambas good as gold/a playas graceful as a swanas grave as a judgeas greedy as a dog/a wolf/a pigas green as grassas g
6、ruff(粗暴) as a bearas happy as a lark/the day is long/a kingas hard as flint/marble/a stone/iron/nailsas harmless as a doveas heavy as a leadas healthy as the fresh windas hoarse(嘶哑 ) as a crowas hot as fire/pepperas hungry as a wolf/a hunteras innocent(天真) as a doveas keen as mustard(芥母)as large as
7、lifeas light as air/a butterfly/a feather/a cork/thistledown/as like as two peas/two drops of water/two pees/chalk and cheeseas loose as a rope of sandas loud as thunderas mad as a March hare/a hatter（帽商）as mean(卑鄙) as Scroogeas merry as a cricketas motionless as statueas mute as a fish/miceas nimbl
8、e(灵巧 ) as a squirrelas noise as a mynahas obstinate as a muleas old as the hillsas pale as death/wax/a ghostas patient as an oxas plain as the nose on ones face/a pikestaffas pleased as Punchas playful as a kittenas plentiful as blackberriesas plump（胖）as a partridge(鹌鹑）as poor as a church mouse/a be
9、ggaras pretty as a pictureas proud as a peacockas pure as the world of allas quick as lightning/thoughtas quiet as a lamb/a mouseas rapid as lightningas red as fire/a rose/a cheery/blood/beetrootas regular as clockworkas rich as Jesus/Croesusas rigid as a stoneas ripe as a cherryas round as an apple
10、 /a glob/a barrelas salty as a herringas sharp as a needle/razoras silent as a dead/the stars/the grave/sphinx/a morgueas silly as a goose/a sheepas slender as a gossamer（蜘蛛）as slippery as an eelas sly as a foxas slow as a tortoiseas smooth as butter/oil/glass/velvetas sober(严肃) as a judgeas soft as
11、 butter/silk/wax/down(绒毛）as sound as a bellas sour as a crab/vinegaras steady as a rockas stiff as a poke/a post/death/ a graveas tough as leather /nailsas straight as an arrowas tricky（聪明） as a monkeyas strong as a horse/a lionas true as steelas stubborn(固执) as a muleas stupid as a donkeyas sure as
12、 deathas surely as the night follows the dayas sweet as honey/sugaras swift as an arrow/lightning/the windas tall as a maypole/a steeple/a poplaras tame(驯服) as a catas tender as chickenas thick as cable/hail/a stone/ porridge/a wallas thin as rake/ water/shipping post/a bag of bones/a lathas timid a
13、s a hare/a rabbit/miceas tough as leather/bullsas tricky as a monkeyas true as steelas ugly as scare/a crow/a toadas unstable as the very devilas vain as water/a peacockas warm as taostas watchful as a hawkas weak as baby/a cat/kittenas wet as water/a drowned catas white as snow/sheet/wool/flouras wise as Solomon/a serpent/an owlas yielding(服从 ) as wax
