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

Widow

Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch.
—Jean de La Bruyère

A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.
—Alphonse Karr