The following is an alphabetical list of common <span class="searchmatch">similes</span> used in English. Used as intensifiers with a wide range of adjectives Some use intensifiers with...
The following is an alphabetical list of common <span class="searchmatch">similes</span> used in Czech. bít se jako lev černý jako bota děravý jako cedník děravý jako řešeto chudý jako...
This formula creates <span class="searchmatch">similes</span> used mostly in the UK. X can be: bent, silly, crazy Y can be: bit, note, watch...
mad as a cut snake or as cross as a frog in a sock - angry sadder than a Werribee duck - very disappointed by an outcome (Werribee is home to one of the...
heittää leijonille → leijonille heittäminen One exception to this are <span class="searchmatch">similes</span> formed with kuin, which usually stay after the verb (despite the fact that...
literal. Of figures of speech, words or expressions used as metaphors or <span class="searchmatch">similes</span>, e.g. saying that a greedy person is a pig or is like a pig, or as metonyms...
signify isamolo, nibi silver hiyereba, nayo similar quene similar to qua <span class="searchmatch">simile</span> quale sin intinino, iniheti, iquimi, ine, yati, istico, caluba since una...
locative-qualitative form limitative ئۆيگىچە (öygiche) ئۆيلەرگىچە (öylergiche) <span class="searchmatch">similative</span> ئۆيدەك (öydek) ئۆيلەردەك (öylerdek) equative ئۆيچىلىك (öychilik) or ئۆيچە...
to assimilate (biologically), to give as an example, exemplify, use as a <span class="searchmatch">simile</span>, compare, depict, describe, portray, act on stage or screen, play a part...
rhyme scheme rhythm sprung rhythm stichomythia syllabic verse metaphor <span class="searchmatch">simile</span> irony metonymy synecdoche ellipsis Below, "short/long" definitions of a...