Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Through
Through like a shot.
—Anonymous
Goes through ’em like the grace of heaven through a camp meeting.
—Anonymous
To go through me like water through a sieve.
—Alexander Barclay
Through you, as through a breast of glass, I see.
—Robert Browning
Through me like a flash of lightning through a gooseberry bush.
—Benjamin Webster