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

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

Tom Brown


Covetousness, like jealousy, when it has once taken root, never leaves a man but with his life.	1
Natural as dancing bears to a bag-piper.	2
Though a soldier in time of peace is like a chimney in summer, yet what wise man would pluck down his chimney because his almanac told him it was the middle of June.	3