26 Metaphors for simple

"Peter Simple" is the best of Captain Marryat's novels, and "Mr. Midshipman Easy" is the most humorous.

Of the second class, the most simple probably is the application of a cam giving motion to the throttle valve, or to a valve of the same construction, which either accurately fits the steam pipe, or which comes round to a face, which, however, it is restrained from touching by a suitable construction of the cam.

I've read a tale, I'll tell to thee; And precious will the moral be, Though simple is the story.

Simple is the device, and the composition meane, yet carrieth some delight, even the rather because of the simplicitie and meannesse thus personated.

Simple and amiable is the just description of his character in every domestic relation; constant and unreserved in his connexions of friendship.

So healthy was the country in general, and so simple were the habits of the people, that neither lawyer nor physician was to be found in every hamlet, as is the case to-day.

It cut Banker very deeply when he thought how neat and simple had been the plan which had almost succeeded.

It is not necessary to look for any far-fetched explanation of Bismarck's action; the simplest is the most probable.

They are of various kinds; but the most simple, and oftentimes the most useful, that can be employed, is "Warm Water."

The simplest of the sexual processes is conjugation.

In this country the less you find, the less you see, the less you understand, the simpler is your existence.

So simple were the poor boy's words, and so deep his sorrow, that even Little John felt a certain knotty lump rise in his throat.

The simplest and easiest of his novels for a beginner is The Adventures of Henry Richmond (1871).

Inwardly taken, are simples, or compounds; simples, as poppy, nymphea, violets, roses, lettuce, mandrake, henbane, nightshade or solanum, saffron, hemp-seed, nutmegs, willows, with their seeds, juice, decoctions, distilled waters, &c. Compounds are syrups, or opiates, syrup of poppy, violets, verbasco, which are commonly taken with distilled waters.

Simple but genial were those repasts, forming a strong contrast to the Edinburgh dinners of yore.

Simple as was the usual diet at Cherbury the cook was permitted on Sunday full play to her art, which, in the eighteenth century, indulged in the production of dishes more numerous and substantial than our refined tastes could at present tolerate.

The simplest of all desserts are the various nuts and delicious fruits with which nature has so abundantly supplied us, at no greater cost than their harmful substitutes, and which require no expenditure of time or strength in their preparation.

Simple as was the act, we felt grateful, for it had at least the seeming of a friendly interest and a sympathy with the loneliness which the stranger sometimes feels.

A stanza like this seems almost as simple as breathing: "The moving moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside.

I can't be happy doing the things that other girls do, and you might as well let me have my own way" "But flying" "It's as simple as child's play.

"There are more simple than compound," agreed Helen.

It was quite clear in his mind, as simple as daylight, as easy of performance as breathing, as satisfactory as satisfaction itself.

It was even more simple than Haines had hoped.

Suppose that there are twelve thousand voters in the constituency, and that three thousand votes are cast for AI am keeping the figures as simple as possiblethen

The most simple and one of the most effective is the blind, cap, or bluff (Fig. 38).

26 Metaphors for  simple