Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Cheap
Cheap as dirt.
—Anonymous
Cheap as dog’s meat.
—Anonymous
As cheap as pearls are costly.
—Robert Browning
Cheap as sunshine.
—Thomas Hood
Cheap as the withered refuse of a blind-alley stall.
—James Ralfe
Cheap as lies.
—William Shakespeare
Cheap as stinking mackerel.
—William Shakespeare
Cheap as neck-beef.
—Jonathan Swift
Cheap as old clothes.
—Horace Walpole