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Similes, including comparisons, from a page in Raymond Chandler’s notebooks.

1. As cold as Finnegan’s feet
2. As cute as a washtub
3. As much sex appeal as a turtle
4. As cold as a nun’s breeches
5. As French as a doughnut (i.e. not French at all)
6. As clean as an angel’s neck
7. As shiny as a clubwoman’s nose
8. High enough to have snow on him
9. So tight his head squeaks when he takes his hat off
10. Lower than a badger’s balls
11. Longer than a round trip to Siam
12. Smart as a hole through nothing
13. A face like a collapsed lung
14. A mouth like a wilted lettuce
15. A nose like a straphanger’s elbow
16. His face was long enough to wrap twice around his neck
17. He sipped like a hummingbird drinking dew from a curled leaf