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

G. F. Northall (Folk Phrases)

Good as puppet show.

Handy as a pig with a musket.

Happy as a pig in muck.

Hard as the devil’s nagnails.

Hardy as a forest pig.

Hungry as a hunter.

Jolly as a sandboy.

Joyful as the back of a gravestone.

Large as life and twice as natural.

Pretty as Paint.

Sure as fate.

Sure as God made little apples.

Sure as I’m alive.

Sure as you are born.