The simile he had used was a repetition of what he had just heard in a conversation between men at an adjoining table in the restaurant.

The simile is the result rather of the immense number of costly family residences and summer resorts built along the banks of both rivers.

The simile is a proverb.

Yet we need not be detained by any inquiry concerning the merits of a fac-simile, since we firmly deny that a fac-simile, in the true sense of the term, is a thing possible.

His similes are the illustrations of a traveller.

Since, then, similes and metaphors are such a powerful engine of knowledge, it is a sign of great intelligence in a writer if his similes are unusual and, at the same time, to the point.

I. A Simile is a simple and express comparison; and is generally introduced by like, as, or so: as, "Such a passion is like falling in love with a sparrow flying over your head; you have but one glimpse of her, and she is out of sight.

These similes are poor ones, I'm afraid, but I find it difficult to put my thoughts exactly into words.

As for her eyes, the customary similes of the court poets were gigantic onyxes or ebony highly polished and wet with May dew.