a lion	as brave as
a button	as bright as
the weather	as changeable as
a pitch	as dark as
a bone	as dry as
a ditchwater	as dull as
pie	as easy as
a lamb	as gentle as
the day is long	as happy as
Punch	as pleased as
a peacock	as proud as
a flash	as quick as
a mouse	as quiet as
beetroot	as red as
rain	as right as
houses	as safe as
a dog	as sick as
an eel	as slippery as
velvet	as smooth as
putty	as soft as
a poker	as stiff as
a mule	as stubborn as
thieves	as thick as
a rake	as thin as
old boots	as tough as
a kitten	as weak as
a drowned rat	as wet as
a sheet	as white as
an owl	as wise as
a judge	as sober as