Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Flirtation
Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters.
—Donald G. Mitchell
Flirtations are like motor cars; they either exceed the speed limit and end in a smashup, or they are so slow that a girl nearly dies of nervous prostration waiting for them to get somewhere.
—Helen Rowland
Flirtation is like a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.
—N. P. Willis