Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Rotten

Rotten as the poisonous heap the sea throws up for waste.
—Sarah Flower Adams

Rotten as the gills of an old mushroom.
—Anonymous

Rotten
As ever oak or stone was sound.
—William Shakespeare

Rotten as dirt.
—Laurence Sterne