The contractor submitted the as-builts to the client after construction was completed.

The cellar was dark as the inside of a cow, and I fumbled for the light switch.

After the argument with her boss, she looked miserable as a wet hen.

When she found out someone had scratched her car, she was angry as a wet hen.

When she discovered someone had scratched her car, she was wild as a wet hen, yelling and demanding to know who had done it.

After the long winter, the bakery's morning croissants were fresh as paint, filling the street with a buttery aroma.

Travelers whispered that Nar as-samum roamed the dunes, a demon born of desert fire and scouring wind.

Payments will be made as provided for in the contract.

When she came back from the hospital, she was thin as a yard of pump water, her cheeks hollow and her clothes hanging loose.

Before stepping onto the stage, Maria felt nervous as a whore in church, her hands trembling and her voice shaky.