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

Open (Verb)

Opened inertly like the hands of the dead.
—Victor Hugo

To lay oneself open like an oyster.
—A Knack to Knowe a Knave

The dreadful truth was opened like a gulf.
—James S. Knowles