2 Metaphors for scrub

If I had to choose between the workhouse and marrying Stephen Whitelaw, I'd choose the workhouse; yes, and scrub, and wash, and drudge, and toil there all my days, rather than be mistress of Wyncomb Farm.

Timber was wholly confined to the bank of the river, and though open plains existed, acacia scrubs were the principal feature.

2 Metaphors for  scrub