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

Opera

Old operas are like old bonnets: they ought to be remodelled, retrimmed from time to time.
—Alfred Edward Housman

An opera, like a pillory, may be said,
To nail our ears down and expose our head.
—Edward Young