Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Hungry

Hungry as a bear.
—Anonymous

Hungry as a church mouse.
—Anonymous

Hungry as a diamond without a karat.
—Anonymous

Hungry as a graven image.
—J. R. Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms

Hungry as a tired hound.
—The Christmas Prince

Hungry as a horse.
—John Clarke (Phraseologia Puerilis)

Hungry as devouring flame.
—Ebenezer Elliott

Hungry as the chap that said a turkey was too much for one, not enough for two.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes

Hungry as the jaws of a gaol.
—Jacke Drum’s Entertainment

Hungry as if it were the last day of Lent.
—Henri Murger

Hungry as a hunter.
—G. F. Northall (Folk Phrases)

Hungry as a wolf.
—John Palgrave

Hungry as a kite.
—Sir Walter Scott

Hungry as the sea,
And can digest as much.
—William Shakespeare

Hungry as a hawk.
—John Taylor

Hungry as the winter.
—Anton Chekov

Hungry as the grave.
—James Thomson