Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Swollen

Swollen as the cheeks of jubilant cherubim.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes

Swollen immensely, like that of a man who has been drowned and lain under water for many weeks.
—Edgar Allan Poe

Swollen like a bladder.
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan