Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Transparent
Transparent as a veil.
—Hans Christian Andersen
Transparent as a young sardine.
—Anonymous
Transparent as crystal.
—Anonymous
Transparent as gossamer.
—Anonymous
Transparent as light.
—Anonymous
Transparent … as a ruby smitten by the sun.
—Dante
Transparent as a rock of solid crystal.
—John Dryden
Transparent as a rock-pool.
—George Eliot
Transparent as mica.
—O. Henry
Transparent as pure water.
—Sigmund Krasinski
Transparent as glass.
—Guy de Maupassant
Transparent as air.
—Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Transparent as barricadoes.
—William Shakespeare
Transparent as the soul of innocent youth.
—William Wordsworth