| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Vincent Stuckey Lean (Collectanea) |
| | | As big a liar as Tom Pepper who got licked out of hell for telling lies. | 1 |
| As big as a parson’s barn,—always ready for more. | 2 |
| Blush like the backside of a chimney. | 3 |
| Bold as brass. | 4 |
| Bright as a button. | 5 |
| Busy as the day is long. | 6 |
| Common as Get-out. | 7 |
| As much difference between them as between a horse chestnut and a chestnut horse. | 8 |
| Fit as a saddle for a sow. | 9 |
| Full of noise as a mill. | 10 |
| Hard as an egg at Easter. | 11 |
| Hard as nails. | 12 |
| Look like Let-me-be. | 13 |
| Go as straight as a schoolboy at Christmas. | 14 |
| Wise as the Mayor of Banbury, who would prove that Henry III was before Henry II. | 15 |
| Work like a galley slave. | 16 | | |
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