She dashed into the office like a chicken with its head off after missing her alarm.

When the fire alarm went off, the students rushed out like a chicken with no head.

The historic pier remains a-building, with workers fitting new planks along its length.

If he's going to suck a lemon all afternoon, we won't invite him to the party.

After grading the assignments, the teacher recorded all the A−'s before submitting the final report.

As my grandmother always said, life is like a box of chocolates, a proverb reminding us that life is full of surprises.

The roast came out to a turn, with the skin crisp and the meat juicy.

Each morning, the freight locomotive pulls a train up the steep grade.

The engineer spent the night pulling a train through the mountain pass to deliver the cargo on time.

After the wild night, he admitted he pulled a train at the party.