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   as black the pot.
   as crooked as a ram's horn.
   as white as a dog's tooth.
   as bright as a new penny.
   as crooked as the hind leg of an ass.
   as red as blood.
   as green as a lick.
   as hard as iron.
   you are devil himself.
   as cold as clay.
   as tough as leather.
   as straight as a rush.
   as blind as a bat.
   as black as the hob of hell.
   enough is enough.
   as light as a feather.
   as soft as a pan-cake.
   as playful as a kitten.
   as hairy as a goat.
   as busy as a nailer.
   as busy as a mill.
   as fat as a fool.
   as sound as a barrel.
   as strong as a horse.
   as straight as a poker.
   he is as old as the hills.
   as thin as a needle.
   as flat as a pan-cake.
   as white as snow.
   as sound as a ball.
   as dead as a door nail.
   as green as grass.
   as fat as an elephant.
   divide that between the fiddler and his wife.
   as strong as a lion.
   as cunning as a fox.
   as easy as fun.
   as sweet is hunny.
   as bitter as gall.
   as wicked as a weasel.
   as red as a hot iron.
   it was good while it lasted.
   as wild as a deer.
   as proud as punch.
   as heavy as lead.
   as precious as gold.
   as long as a hole.
   as red as a rose.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seoirse O Keeffe

   Gender

   Male