{"product_id":"similes-dictionary-9781578594337","title":"Similes Dictionary","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLanguage \"Appealing As Sunlight After a Storm.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA sentence should read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end.\u003c\/i\u003e —Henry David Thoreau\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eProse consists of … phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house.\u003c\/i\u003e —George Orwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nWhether it invokes hard work or merely a hen-house, a good simile is like a good picture—it's worth a thousand words. Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colorful phrases—from “abandoned as a used Kleenex” to “quiet as an eel swimming in oil”—the \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimiles Dictionary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find just the right saying, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Your thoughts will never be \"as tedious as a twice-told tale\" or \"dry as the Congressional Record.\" Choose from elegant turns of phrases “as useful as a Swiss army knife” and “varied as expressions of the human face”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nCiting more than 2,000 sources—from the Bible, Socrates, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and H. L. Mencken to popular movies, music, and television shows—the \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimiles Dictionary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e covers hundreds of subjects broken into thematic categories that include topics such as virtue, anger, age, ambition, importance, and youth, helping you find the fitting phrase quickly and easily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nPerfect for setting the atmosphere, making a point, or helping spin a tale with economy, intelligence, and ingenuity, the vivid comparisons found in this collection will inspire anyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eLove comforteth like sunshine after rain.\u003c\/i\u003e —William Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA face like a bucket\u003c\/i\u003e —Raymond Chandler\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA man with little learning is like the frog who thinks its puddle a great sea.\u003c\/i\u003e —Burmese proverb\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePeace, like charity, begins at home\u003c\/i\u003e —Franklin Delano Roosevelt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eYou know a dream is like a river ever changing as it flows.\u003c\/i\u003e —Garth Brooks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFit as a fiddle\u003c\/i\u003e —John Ray’s Proverbs\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHe's not to be allowed to fall into his grave like an old dog.\u003c\/i\u003e —Arthur Miller\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRing true, like good china.\u003c\/i\u003e —Sylvia Plath\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMusic yearning like a God in pain\u003c\/i\u003e —John Keats\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBusy as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.\u003c\/i\u003e —Pat Conroy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEnduring as mother love\u003c\/i\u003e —Anonymous\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Elyse Sommer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48294828703995,"sku":"9781578594337","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781578594337.jpg?v=1772484994","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/similes-dictionary-9781578594337","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}