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

Nimble

Nimble as a bee on a tar-barrel.
—Anonymous

Nimble as a cow in a cage.
—Anonymous

Nimble as a lizard.
—Anonymous

Nimble as an eel.
—Anonymous

As nimble as a wireless spark, that hurdles the ether, pole-vaults the oceans and circles the ends of the earth in a flash.
—Anonymous

Nimble as ninepence.
—Anonymous

Nimble as roes.
—Thomas Carlyle

Nimble as thought.
—Miguel de Cervantes

Nimble as quicksilver.
—George Colman, the Younger

Nimble, like a shadow.
—John Fletcher

Nimble as a hare.
—Jonathan Swift

Nimble-fingered as a harper.
—John Taylor

Nimble as quarrel from a crossbow shot.
—François Villon