idioms of comparison

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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

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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