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

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

Jeremy Collier


Appetite and reason are commonly like two buckets; when one is at the top, the other is at the bottom.	1
Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impatience, folds its arms in despair.	2
Lovers like sick folks may say what they please.	3