Her ability to remain calm under pressure was rare as a four-leaf clover in the hectic newsroom.

At the harvest festival we learned a longways for as many as will, and soon the village green was full of neighbors stepping in time.

The carpenter examined the new beam and declared it straight as a die.

After the referee blew the final whistle on the wrong player, the coach was mad as a meat axe.

Despite its age, the antique clock is still sound as a dollar.

My grandmother's antique mirror, thin as a wafer, reflected the parlor with an eerie clarity.

She felt gay as a lark after hearing the good news.

He stepped out into the morning air naked as a jay bird, oblivious to the neighbors' surprised faces.

Old tales insisted that the wanderer, as ever trod shoe-leather, had been present at every crossroad of the kingdom.

The abandoned house looked ugly as sin, yet the real estate agent insisted it had potential.