Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Cross

Cross as a child denied a sugar plum.
—Anonymous

Cross as an old bear with a sore head.
—Anonymous

As cross as nine highways.
—Anonymous

Cross as the tongs.
—Anonymous

As cross as a red donkey.
—Honoré de Balzac

Hang you up cross-legg’d, like a hare at a poulterer.
—Beaumont and Fletcher

Cross as two sticks.
—Charles Dickens