Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Pierce
Pierced like pard by hunter’s steel.
—Lord Byron
Pierce as the lightning flashes.
—Eliza Cook
Pierced like lightning.
—Thomas Nash
He pierces like a lady’s needle.
—Osmanli Proverb
It shall as level to your judgment pierce
As day does to your eye.
—William Shakespeare