When he came home from the tavern, his coat smelt like a tart's bedroom and his mother insisted he wash it immediately.

When she opened the drawer, the linens smelled like a tart's boudoir.

By the end of the night the dancer's cheap perfume seemed to make her smell like a tart's handkerchief, and the other guests discreetly moved away.

Since they moved back in together, they've been known to bang like a dunny door every night.

Whenever the gale hit, the old barn would bang like a shithouse door until dawn.

After the deal fell through, he felt stitched up like a kipper by the unscrupulous agent.

The new limited-edition sneakers are selling like hot cakes, and stores keep restocking them every morning.

She paced the room like a hen on a hot griddle, unable to wait for the test results.

The neglected drainage ditch was running like a dry creek after the summer storm, a sad reminder of the town's failing infrastructure.

During the drought, the riverbed runs like a dry creek when the sun beats down.