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| One of those beautiful, brilliant enigmas, which irresistibly allure every one like a sphinx. | 1 |
| Alluring as a ripe peach. | 2 |
| Caressing as a kiss. | 3 |
| Closed his eyes, like a priest who at evening service closes the gold tabernacle after Benediction. | 4 |
| As contemptible as any man who breaks open a lock, or as any rascal on the lookout for a house left defenseless and without protection, or as any adventurer looking for some easy and profitable stroke of business. | 5 |
| Empty as space. | 6 |
| Vacant eyes, blue as the flowers of the flax plant. | 7 |
| Unfathomable eyes, which hid their secrets under the undisturbed serenity of majestic repose, like a mountain lake, whose waters seem black on account of their depth. | 8 |
| As flabby as a sponge. | 9 |
| I had seen the Arab galloping like the wind. | 10 |
| His eyes dilated and glistened like the last flame that shoots up from an expiring fire. | 11 |
| Gnarled like olive branches. | 12 |
| Groped like a blind man finding his way. | 13 |
| Happy as a miner when he has discovered a vein of precious metal. | 14 |
| Happy as a schoolgirl going home for the holidays. | 15 |
| Fingers, hard as a lobster’s claws. | 16 |
| Intoxicated as a colt that has been turned into a meadow. | 17 |
| Laughed as incessantly as a bird sings. | 18 |
| Holding his breath and listening … like a burglar who is going to break into a house. | 19 |
| Melancholy sound … like the weeping of a solitary, deserted human heart. | 20 |
| Motionless as a spectre. | 21 |
| Mouth that looked like a red gash from a sabre cut. | 22 |
| Painful, as a visit to the dentist. | 23 |
| The country was panting like a wrestler lying under the knees of his successful opponent. | 24 |
| Sleeping as peacefully as a little girl tired of playing. | 25 |
| Penetrated him like a gimlet. | 26 |
| She was well preserved by a tranquil existence, like winter fruit in a closed cupboard. | 27 |
| Pressed her like corn that has been crushed in the mill. | 28 |
| She is as pure, as good, and as beautiful as an angel. | 29 |
| Recoiled, as if she had been face to face with an apparition. | 30 |
| Round like pumpkins. | 31 |
| Made one shiver unpleasantly, as when the Espanña comes to close quarters with the infuriated brute at a bull fight. | 32 |
| Sniffing like a dog after game. | 33 |
| Soft and thick as a feather bed. | 34 |
| Stiff as iron bars. | 35 |
| Straight like vine poles. | 36 |
| Supple as a snake. | 37 |
| Supple as if they were on springs. | 38 |
| Swaying about like a fat goose with enormous legs and yielding knees. | 39 |
| Tortuous as a labyrinth. | 40 |
| Transparent as glass. | 41 |
| Lips trembled like those of a man caught in the act of doing wrong. | 42 |
| Turned like a weather cock with every wind. | 43 |
| White and pure as any bridal veil. | 44 |
| Wrinkled like a last year’s apple. | 45 |
| Writhed like a feather on the fire. | 46 |
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