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.

As big as a parson’s barn,—always ready for more.

Blush like the backside of a chimney.

Bold as brass.

Bright as a button.

Busy as the day is long.

Common as Get-out.

As much difference between them as between a horse chestnut and a chestnut horse.

Fit as a saddle for a sow.

Full of noise as a mill.

Hard as an egg at Easter.

Hard as nails.

Look like Let-me-be.

Go as straight as a schoolboy at Christmas.

Wise as the Mayor of Banbury, who would prove that Henry III was before Henry II.

Work like a galley slave.