Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Rattle

She rattles away like a woman’s tongue.
—William H. Ainsworth

Rattled in his ear like coins dropped on a barroom floor.
—Anonymous

Rattled like a parchment drum.
—Anonymous

Rattle like peas in a bladder.
—Anonymous

Rattled like a pair of castanets.
—Alphonse Daudet

His bones
Rattle in his skin, like beans tossed in a bladder.
—Philip Massinger

Rattled like shutters in a blast.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox