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

George Colman, the Younger

Amorous as an Arcadian.

Black as the devil.

Chilly as a bottle of port in a hard frost.

Close as your jacket.

Close as a pill-box.

Confident as justice.

Drunk as a lord.

Face,
Long as a courtier’s out of place.

Lovely as day.

Mild as an emulsion.

Muddy as a little pigeon-toed drummer after a long march.

Nimble as quicksilver.

Plain as a demonstration in Euclid.

Rave like a man in Bedlam.

Rich as Pluto.

Sleek as a dray horse.