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

John Heywood

Broad as barn doors.

Comely as is a cow in a cage.

Thou goest like a dromedary, dreary and drowsy.

As far exceed … as doth the flower the weed.

Hard as wire.

As meet as a rope for a thief.

Mend as sour ale in summer.

Presumptuous as Haman the halt.

Rich as newshorn sheep.

Right as a line.

Rugged as burrs.

Sharp as a handsaw.

Sharp as her needle.

Slippery as an eel’s tail.

As wise as a woodcock.