Simile
He runs like the wind.
He runs really fast.
Time is money.
Time is valuable.
The wind whispered in the trees.
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
I am so hungry I could eat a lot.
She is busy as a bee.
She is very busy.
He is a lion the field.
He is very brave, courageous, and determined...
The sun smiled down on us.
The sun shined down on us.
I've told you a million of times.
I have told you a lot of times.
Her mind was a tangled web.
She was confused or her thought were jumbled.
His heart was a locked vault.
He keeps his emotions closed off.
The alarm clock screamed me awake.
The alarm clock was very loud and woke me up.
I had a mountain of homework waiting for me.
I had a lot of homework.
Time dragged like boots in thick mud.
Time felt like it was passing very slowly.
The city was a beast that never sleeps.
The city is always busy and loud with many people.
The memories danced through his thoughts.
He was thinking of memories in a fond way.
The line at the store stretched into another county.
The line was very long.
The apology sounded like a coin tossed into an empty well.
The apology did not sound sincere or meaningful.
The deadline was a monster breathing down my neck.
The deadline's date is approaching fast, and it feels stressful.
The sun peeked through the clouds with sleepy eyes.
The sun started to come up behind the clouds, most likely in the morning, similarly to how a person wakes up in the morning with "sleepy eyes."
I was so embarrassed I could have disappeared off the planet.
I was so embarrassed I didn't want to be around others at that time.