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

Alexander Barclay

Gape as it were dogs for a bone.

Humble as is a lamb.

Joyned as burre to burre.

Shine as Phœbus doth in a May morning.

Smellynge as the rose ay fresh and redolent.

Still as one in sleep.

Straight as a die.

To go through me like water through a sieve.

Unprofitable as smoke.

Unstable as the wind.