When our friends joked about embezzling from the company, Tom shrugged and said, 'one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb,' which made everyone uneasy.

As like as not, she'll forget to bring the tickets.

Old folktales about the mill are common as pig tracks around here.

After years of hard use, that old jacket is still tough as old boots.

My niece is smart as a whip, mastering complex puzzles in minutes.

Her frown was black as thunder after she heard the news.

The new intern, not as green as one is cabbage-looking, handled the crisis calmly.

The artist's installation included dozens of gray-As arranged in a spiral, each reflecting light differently.

The monk carefully restored the brittle manuscript titled As. Mos., whose faded Latin margins hinted at prayers long forgotten.

He was mad as hops when he found out someone had scratched his car.