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

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

Punch


A woman’s heart, like the moon, is always changing, but there is always a man in it.	1
Innocence is like an umbrella: when once we’ve lost it we must never hope to see it back again.	2
True merit, like the pearl inside the oyster, is content to remain quiet until it finds an opening.	3
Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by innumerable streams, but it is extremely difficult to trace it to its source.	4