Similes
As blind as a bat.
You can't see very well.
Her voice is music to my ears.
She has a really good voice.
Pull someone's leg
To joke with someone
He could almost hear the outdoors calling to him.
The outside cant talk.
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He runs as fast as lightning.
He is really fast.
The kids at that school are all brains.
The kids are smart.
Break the ice
Male people feel more comfortable
The sunlight scattered handfuls of diamonds over the streets.
The sunlight can't scatter handfuls of diamonds on the road.
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witch
Those shoes sparkle like diamonds.
The shoes are shiny.
I wish you weren't always such a chicken.
They are scared all the time.
Speak of the devil
The person you were just talking about showed up.
The rain is dancing on the roof.
Rain can't dance
pairs
pears
She is as sick as a dog.
She is really sick.
The moon's face is a silver mask.
The moon is silver and shiny.
Pull yourself together
Calm down
The delicious smell of cookies pulled me to the kitchen.
The smell of cookies can't pull you.
tacks
tax
He is as brave as a lion.
He is really brave.
The snow is a white blanket.
The snow is white and soft.
That's the last straw
Your patience has run out
The flowers begged for water.
Flowers can't beg.
colonel
kernel