As wet as a fish--as dry as a bone;
As live as a bird--as dead as a stone;
As plump as a partridge--as poor as a rat;
As strong as a horse--as weak as a cat;
As hard as a flint--as soft as a mole;
As white as a lily--as black as a coal;
As plain as a pikestaff--as rough as a bear;
As tight as a drum--as free as the air;
As heavy as lead--as light as a feather;
As steady as time--uncertain as weather;
As hot as an oven--as cold as a frog;
As gay as a lark--as sick as a dog;
As slow as a tortoise--as swift as the wind;
As true as the gospel--as false as mankind;
As thin as a herring--as fat as a pig;
As proud as a peacock--as blue as a grig;
As savage as tigers--as mild as a dove;
As stiff as a poker--as limp as a glove;
As blind as a bat--as deaf [as] a post;
As cool as a cucumber--as warm as a toast;
As red as a cherry--as pale as a ghost.