Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Arlo Bates

Buzz in the ear like gnats.

Crooked as the streets of Boston.

Doubtful antecedent is as fatal to a pronoun as to sausage.

Glossy as a shark’s tooth.

Her lips were like pomegranate blossoms.

Like to a coin, passing from hand to hand,
Are common memories, and day by day
The sharpness of their impress wears away.

Tame as tepid milk.