Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Bold
Bold as a blind man.
—Anonymous
Bold as Beauchamp.
—Anonymous
Bold as Joan of Arc.
—Anonymous
Boldly … like giants conquering in a noble cause.
—Anonymous
Bold as a petty provincial attorney.
—Honoré de Balzac
Bold as a bucket.
—Joel Barlow
As boldly as a brigadier
Tricked out with marks and signs all o’er
Of rank, brigade, division, corps,
To show by every means he can
An officer is not a man.
—Ambrose Bierce
Boold as is Bayard the Blynde.
—Geoffrey Chaucer
As bold as the blast.
—Barry Cornwall
Boldly, like eagles on the wing.
—Victor Hugo
Bold as brass.
—Vincent Stuckey Lean (Collectanea)
He was bold as a hawk.
—Samuel Lover
Bold as an embodied storm.
—T. Buchanan Read
Bold as the glare of the gold.
—Richard H. Stoddard
As boldly as a sunflower faces the orb of day.
—New York Sun
Bold as a lion.
—Old Testament
Bolde as a Knight.
—The Nut-Brown Maid
Bold as day.
—William Wordsworth