When the town festival started, the children were merry as a grig, laughing and dancing in the square.

The solution to the puzzle was plain as day once she pointed out the missing clue.

The math test was easy as cake, so everyone finished early.

Her story was near as dammit identical to the one I'd heard last week.

I was near as damn it ready to leave when she called.

When he refused to ask for directions, he proved himself thick as pig shit.

She stood straight as a soldier during the entire ceremony.

When we stepped outside at dawn, the air was cold as a well-digger's arse.

At the market I bought a ball of asadero to melt over the tacos.