Popular 30 Similes for People – Examples How to Use

Similes for People

1. “As Blind as a Bat”

Meaning: Not able to watch beautiful sight, or to be unsighted anything to do.

In the Example Sentence: In this class room, most of the students are like blind bats during reading, without glasses.

2. “As Hot as a Volcano”

Meaning: In very angry.

In the Example Sentence: When someone tries to cheat with him, he is red-faced as hot as a volcano.

3. “As High as a Kite”

Meaning: To be climb up huge goals in life.

In the Example Sentence: Everyone wants to fly as high as a kite to achieve the basic needs.

4. “As Curious as a Cat”

Meaning: Impatient to explore something or thirsty for understanding and education.

In the Example Sentence: When it comes to new adventures, Jon’s always ready to explore new things as curious as a cat.

5. “As Hungry as a Wolf”

Meaning: Symbol of ferocious starvation.

In the Example Sentence: When the marriage’s food was begun to open, everybody ran towards the food as hungry wolf.

6. “As Tough as Old Boots”

Meaning: Some people have powerful bones

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In the Example Sentence: In our family, my grandfather is as tough as old boots because he eats healthy food.

7. “As Slight as a Feather”

Meaning: It’s used for those people who’ve low weight and who are weak.

In the Example Sentence: She’s so slim and weak that everyone says him as a feather.

8. “As Tall as a Giraffe”

Meaning: Unexpectedly huge tall.

In the Example Sentence: Ahmad is tall as a giraffe, sometimes he faces arduous steps to enter the rooms.

9. “As Hard As Nails”

Meaning: Very exciting and powerful.

In the Example Sentence: Everybody says that doctors’ hearts are so hard as nails, even they’ve never cried when someone’s died.

10. “As Brave as a Lion”

Meaning: The Sign of unexpecting power and fortitude.

In the Example Sentence: She faced all arduous situations bravely like a lion.

11. “As Playful as a Kitten”

Meaning: Full of overjoyed, entertainment and prankishness.

In the Example Sentence: Everybody knows in my family that my friend’s group is very famous in the school as a name of playfulness as a kitten.

12. “As Proud as a Peacock”

Meaning: Very boastful personality.

In the Example Sentence: After getting scholarship, his younger sister was feeling proud as a peacock, and also showing off to everybody.

13. “As Cold as Ice”

Meaning: To be extremely frozen.

In the Example Sentence: In the winter season, everybody is cold as ice, when they go for outings.

 14. “As Good as Gold”

Meaning: To have well-behaved with everyone.

In the Example Sentence: Everybody said on dinner, that his daughter is as good as gold because she respects her elders.

15. “As Slow as a Turtle”

Meaning: To express very laziness in movements or works.

In the Example Sentence: When we were going on tour, we faced a lot of traffic on the way, which was as slow as a turtle.

16. “As Stubborn as a Mule”

Meaning: Very self-willed in nature.

In the Example Sentence: It’s no matter how much we try to alter him, because Talha is as stubborn as a mule to change his ego.

17. “As Sharp as a Tack”

Meaning: Extremely sharp in understanding, learning or writing.

In the Example Sentence: He’s a good learner, explorer and sharp student like a tack in this classroom.

18. “As Bold as Brass”

Meaning: Don’t fear by reaction.

In the Example Sentence: After a very long period, their child went to the school as bold as brass.

19. “As Daft as a Brush”

Meaning: Very stupid and inattentive.

In the Example Sentence: He’s daft as a brush because he lost her books daily.

20. “As Regular As Clockwork”

Meaning: To obey rules and time.

In the Example Sentence: She always does her job with honesty and also goes regularly as clockwork on her job.

21. “As Happy as a Lark”

Meaning: To express highly overjoyed and good-natured.

In the Example Sentence: When she completed her graduation, her parents felt happy like a lark.

22. “As Dull as Ditchwater”

Meaning: Uninteresting and not funny.

In the Example Sentence: Yesterday, I went to a party with my family. I had thought that, it’ll entertaining but it was dull as ditchwater.

23. “As Graceful as a Swan”

Meaning: Walks with magnificence and grace.

In the Example Sentence: In Fashion show, Elon’s catwalk was heart-touching or graceful as a swan.

24. “As Cunning as a Serpent”

Meaning: Astute and untrustworthy.

In the Example Sentence: In this company, most of the employees are cunning as a serpent, swindling people out of their money with smooth talk.

25. “As Slippery as an Eel”

Meaning: Arduous to catch or talk.

In the Example Sentence: After becoming a big man, trying to talk with him is as slippery as an eel.

 26. “As Strong as an Ox”

Meaning: Exceptionally physically strong.

In the Example Sentence: In younger age, some children show that they are strong as an ox and can lift weights and stay active.

27. “As Cool As a Cucumber”

Meaning: Never to express their feelings and even knowledge or emotion.

In the Example Sentence: When me and my friend entered the Chemistry Lab, every student was talking about the new teacher that this teacher was as cool as a cucumber.

28. “As Sly as a Fox”

Meaning: This’s used for someone who has a mastermind.

In the Example Sentence: During gossip, we noted that the mental health of Ayesha is best and crafty like a fox.

29. “As Quiet as a Mouse”

Meaning: Very calm or silent mood.

In the Example Sentence: When kids are watching cartoons, they’re quiet as a mouse and also not making a single sound.

30. “As Busy as a Bee”

Meaning: Highly hard working person.

In the Example Sentence: My younger sister is as busy as a bee during his exams in the study.