Phrases with as ... as ... – Informal English

• as angry as hell
• as bitter as gall
• as black as hell
• as blind as a bat
• as bold as brass as
• brave as a lion
• as bright as a button
• as busy as a bee
• as calm as a millpond
• as cheap as dirt
• as clean as a whistle
• as clear as day
• as clear as mud
• as close as the grave
• as clumsy as an elephant
• as cold as marble
• as cold as steel/stone
• as cool as a cucumber
• as cunning as a fox
• as dark as death
• as dead as a dodo/doornail
• as deaf as a post
• as drunk as a lord
• as dry as dust
• as dull as ditchwater
• as easy as anything/pie
• as fast as a deer
• as fat as a pig
• as fit as a fiddle
• as flat as a pancake
• as fresh as a daisy
• as gentle as a lamb
• as good as gold
• as good as new
• as green as grass
• as hard as nails
• as harmless as a dove
• as heavy as lead
• as high as a kite
• as hot as fire
• as hungry as a wolf
• as large as life
• as light as a feather
• as like as two peas
• as mad as a hatter
• as mean as a snake
• as nutty as a fruitcake
• as old as the hills
• as pale as death
• as poor as a church mouse
• as poor as dirt
• as pretty as a picture
• as proud as a peacock
• as quick as a flash
• as regular as a clockwor
• as right as rain
• as safe as houses
• as sick as a dog, parrot
• as slim as a willow
• as sober as a judge
• as sound as a bell
• as steady as a rock
• as sure as hell
• as thick as thieves
• as thin as a stick
• as tired as a dog
• as tough as old boots
• as ugly as sin
• as warm as toast
• as weak as water
• as white as snow
• as white as a ghost

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