Simile, Metaphor

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Ants in your pants

METAPHOR (can't sit still, jittery)

Butter fingers

METAPHOR (clumsy at holding stuff)

He's a night owl

METAPHOR (he stays up at night)

Keep your eyes peeled

METAPHOR (keep alert and looking)

Heart of gold

METAPHOR (kind and caring)

Come on slow coach

METAPHOR (person who acts or moves slowly)

A recipe for disaster

METAPHOR (several things combined to make something bad)

Turning over a new leaf

METAPHOR (starting to do things better)

'You can't pull the wool over my eyes'

METAPHOR (you can't trick me)

The weight of the world on your shoulders

METAPHOR lots of big worries

As pure as driven snow

SIMILE (a person is innocent and good)

As cool as a cucumber

SIMILE (calm under stress)

As blind as a bat

SIMILE (can't see well - exaggeration)

As bold as brass

SIMILE (confident, brave)

As sly as a fox

SIMILE (cunning)

Eats like a bird

SIMILE (eats very little)

As busy as a bee

SIMILE (full of energy, doing lots)

As strong as an ox

SIMILE (having great strength)

Like two peas in a pod

SIMILE (identical or nearly so)

As stubborn as a mule

SIMILE (won't do as they're told)


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