Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Sense
No more sense than a shoat (young pig) in pickle.
—Thomas Lodge
Plain good sense, like a dish of solid beef or mutton, is proper only for peasants; but a ragout of folly, well dressed with a sharp sauce of wit, is fit to be served up at an Emperor’s table.
—Lord Lyttelton