Similes, including comparisons, from a page in Raymond Chandler’s notebooks.
- As cold as Finnegan’s feet
- As cute as a washtub
- As much sex appeal as a turtle
- As cold as a nun’s breeches
- As French as a doughnut (i.e. not French at all)
- As clean as an angel’s neck
- As shiny as a clubwoman’s nose
- High enough to have snow on him
- So tight his head squeaks when he takes his hat off
- Lower than a badger’s balls
- Longer than a round trip to Siam
- Smart as a hole through nothing
- A face like a collapsed lung
- A mouth like a wilted lettuce
- A nose like a straphanger’s elbow
- His face was long enough to wrap twice around his neck
- He sipped like a hummingbird drinking dew from a curled leaf