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The example is funny, but should it maybe be completely un-complicated? I can't imagine seeing "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" as an example of a simile in a real dictionary.
I agree, it's not a typical simile. It should be something like: "her smile was like sunshine", "the tree was like a crooked old man". A simile is a direct comparison, I am not even sure if the example is one. In it, "like" means something like "to the same extent as...". Orlando098 (talk) 22:34, 28 June 2012 (UTC)Reply
- I agree and have changed the example to "her eyes were like stars". - -sche (discuss) 23:50, 28 June 2012 (UTC)Reply
Chambers 1908 also defines it as "something similar" and "similitude". Equinox ◑ 16:19, 24 June 2019 (UTC)Reply