Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Deadly
Deadly as nightshade.
—Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Deadly as the viper of Sumatra.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Deadly as the sting of satire.
—James Cawthorn
Deadly as the canker-worm.
—James Anthony Froude
Deadly as a night frost.
—Maurice Hewlett
The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a dog’s tooth.
—William Shakespeare