Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Meaningless
Meaningless as shredded hay.
—Franklin P. Adams
Meaningless as an imprint on a wornout coin.
—Anonymous
Meaningless, like the head of a corpse.
—Joseph Conrad
Meaningless as the boom of waves in a drowning head.
—Edith Wharton