Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Merry
Merry as a haystack sleeper.
—Anonymous
Merry as a two-year-old.
—Anonymous
Merry as cap and can.
—Anonymous
Merry as crickets in an oven.
—Anonymous
Merry as flowers in May.
—Anonymous
Merry as mice in malt.
—Anonymous
Merry as spring.
—Anonymous
Merry as the maids.
—John Bunyan
Merry as a kitten.
—Robert Burns
Merry as a marriage bell.
—Lord Byron
As merry as a fiddler.
—The Christmas Prince
Merry as the month of May.
—Barry Cornwall
Merry as popinjay.
—Michael Drayton
Merry as birds on the bough.
—Frederick the Great
As merry as king in his delight.
—Robert Greene
Merry as an alimony bell.
—O. Henry
As merry as a pie.
—King’s Halfe-penny-worth of Wit in a Penny-worth of Paper
Merry as larks.
—Walter Savage Landor
Merry as spring groves full of birds.
—Gerald Massey
Merry as it were June.
—Dinah Maria Mulock
Merry as singing birds.
—Charles Eliot Norton
Merry as three beans in a blue bladder.
—Poor Robin’s Almanack
As merry as a grig.
—English Proverb
As merry as the maltman.
—Scottish Proverb
Merry as the day is long.
—William Shakespeare
As merry, as when our nuptial day was done,
And tapers burned to bedward.
—William Shakespeare
Merry as crickets.
—William Shakespeare
Merry as an ape.
—Jonathan Swift