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

Ready

Ready like a porcupine for cold weather.
—Anonymous

Ready like the golden censer for the aloes and cassia.
—Anonymous

Ready as a primed cannon.
—Thomas Carlyle

Ready as bird that sees the sprinkled corn.
—George Eliot

Ready all,
As Echo, waiting for a call.
—Thomas Moore

He stood ready for the battle like a bull that has whetted his horns.
—Pentaur

Ready as a borrower’s cap.
—William Shakespeare