Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Hungry
Hungry as a bear.
—Anonymous
Hungry as a church mouse.
—Anonymous
Hungry as a diamond without a karat.
—Anonymous
Hungry as a graven image.
—J. R. Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms
Hungry as a tired hound.
—The Christmas Prince
Hungry as a horse.
—John Clarke (Phraseologia Puerilis)
Hungry as devouring flame.
—Ebenezer Elliott
Hungry as the chap that said a turkey was too much for one, not enough for two.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hungry as the jaws of a gaol.
—Jacke Drum’s Entertainment
Hungry as if it were the last day of Lent.
—Henri Murger
Hungry as a hunter.
—G. F. Northall (Folk Phrases)
Hungry as a wolf.
—John Palgrave
Hungry as a kite.
—Sir Walter Scott
Hungry as the sea,
And can digest as much.
—William Shakespeare
Hungry as a hawk.
—John Taylor
Hungry as the winter.
—Anton Chekov
Hungry as the grave.
—James Thomson