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

Pierce

Pierced like pard by hunter’s steel.
—Lord Byron

Pierce as the lightning flashes.
—Eliza Cook

Pierced like lightning.
—Thomas Nash

He pierces like a lady’s needle.
—Osmanli Proverb

It shall as level to your judgment pierce
As day does to your eye.
—William Shakespeare