Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Incongruous

As incongruous as a blacksmith with a white silk apron.
—Anonymous

Incongruous as a joke on a gravestone or a ledger.
—Anonymous

Incongruous as Matthew Arnold jumping rope.
—Anonymous

Incongruous as a merry dirge, or sacramental bacchanal.
—Philip James Bailey

Incongruous as a wedding-dress at a funeral.
—J. M. Barrie