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as alike as two peas in a pod
as bald as a coot – completely bald
as big as a bus
as big as an elephant
as black as coal
as black as pitch
as blind as a bat
as blind as a mole
as bold as brass – very bold usually in a negative sense
as brave as a lion
as busy as a beaver
as busy as a bee
as busy as a cat on a hot tin roof
as clear as a bell – very clear of a sound
as clear as crystal very clear

as clear as mud not at all clear – irony/sarcasm
as cold as ice
as cool as a cucumber – cool, calm
as cunning as a fox cunning
as dead as a doornail
as deaf as a post
as different as chalk from cheese
as drunk as a lord
as dry as a bone very dry
as dull as dishwater dull — boring usually said of a person
as easy as A.B.C.
as easy as apple-pie
as flat as a pancake
as free as a bird
as fresh as a daisy
as gentle as a lamb
as good as gold – said of a nice good-hearted person
as happy as a lark
as hard as nails – very tough in character of a person
as hot as hell
as hungry as a wolf
as light as a feather
as mad as a hatter
as obstinate as a mule
as old as the hills
as pale as death
as poor as a church mouse
as proud as a peacock
as pure as snow — innocent
as quick as lightning
as quick as silver – slippery
as quiet as a church mouse
as sharp as a razor
as sick as a dog
as slippery as an eel
as slow as a snail
as smooth as silk
as sober as a judge
as solid as a rock solid
as steady as a rock
as stiff as a board
as straight as an arrow
as strong as an ox
as stubborn as a mule
as timid as a rabbit very timid
as tough as leather very tough
as white as a ghost – very pale or white in the face of a person
as white as a sheet pure white
as wise as an owl

Taken from English Club

BEST MOMENTS

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BEST FILM AWARD PRESENTATION

An impressive graphic way of accounting for what has happened to humankind over the past 200 years.
Hope you like it!

Forget about the few ads in the middle.
Unfortunately the programme shows a bitter duplicated side of our 4 million umemployed on the other shore of the ocean.