compared to what
soliders and lions
the brother was really mad
The weather was so hot that literally everything was on fire
hyperbole
raining cats and dogs
raining very hard
Her voice is music to his ears.
voice and music
My grandmother is as old as the hills
she is old
Ms. Chapman is a little under the weather today
Idiom
back to the drawing board
need to start over
Words are daggers when spoken in anger
words and daggers
I have many things to do
The shadow of the moon danced on the lake.
Personification
cost an arm and a leg
very expensive
At exam time, the high school student was as busy as a bee.
student and bee
It is going to be clear skies from now on
things are going to be easy
The sack fell into the river with a splash.
Onomatopoeia
every dark cloud has a silver lining
be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
When the teacher entered the class, the 6th-grade students were fighting like cats and dogs
students
cats/dogs
All the politicians agreed to disagree.
they are not all going to agree on 1 thing
The audience listened to his spellbinding speech as quietly as mice.
simile
hit the nail on the head
to do or say something exactly right