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

Björnstjerne Björnson

Clean as a maiden’s honor.

Fly around like a bat in the twilight.

Forsaken like some old house one moves out of and locks up when one has gotten a new one.

Running as if they had hot coals in their shoes.

Settlements between married people are like throwing oneself out of the window a second time in order to discover how it happened the first time.