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See:- (as) (a)like as (two) peas in a pod
- (as) awkward as a cow on a crutch
- (as) baleful as death
- (as) black as (one's) hat
- (as) black as a raven
- (as) black as a raven's feather
- (as) black as a raven's wing
- (as) black as ink
- (as) black as Newgate's knocker
- (as) black as the devil
- (as) black as the minister's coat
- (as) black as thunder
- (as) certain as death and taxes
- (as) cross as a bear
- (as) cross as a bear with a sore head
- (as) fast as lightning
- (as) flat as a strap
- (as) free as a bird
- (as) mad as a wet hen
- (as) mad as hops
- (as) neat as ninepence
- (as) nice as ninepence
- (as) often as not
- (as) old as the hills
- (as) quick as a bunny
- (as) quick as lightning
- (as) quiet as the grave
- (as) rare as hens' teeth
- (as) rare as rocking horse crap
- (as) rare as rocking horse poo
- (as) rare as rocking horse shit
- (as) right as a trivet
- (as) right as ninepence
- (as) round as Giotto's O
- (as) sick as a dog
- (as) sick as a parrot
- (as) silent as the grave
- (as) slow as molasses
- (as) smooth as a baby's bottom
- (as) smooth as silk
- (as) sure as a gun
- (as) sure as death and taxes
- (as) thick as a brick
- (as) thick as a shit
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) thin as a rake
- (as) thin as a stick
- (in) so far as
- (it's) just as well (that) (something happened)
- (just) as I expected
- a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- a change is as good as a rest
- a list as long as arm
- A miss is as good as a mile
- a nod is as good as a wink
- A nod's as good as a wink
- accept (something) as
- accept as
- accept as gospel
- acknowledge (one) as
- acknowledge as
- act as
- address (one) as
- address as
- adopt (someone/something) as
- adopt as
- alike as peas in a pod
- alike as two peas in a pod
- all oak and iron bound and *sound as a barrel
- also known as
- American as apple pie
- appear as
- as (one) pleases
- as (something) as they come
- as . . . as
- as a (general) rule
- as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
- as a duck takes to water
- as a last resort
- as a matter of course
- as a matter of fact
- as a pig loves marjoram
- as a result
- as a result of (something)
- as a rule
- as a side note
- as a token
- as a token of (something)
- as a whole
- as accommodating as a hog on ice
- as alike as peas in a pod
- as alike as two peas in a pod
- as all get out
- as all getout
- as all get-out
- as American as apple pie
- as an aside
- as and when
- as as they come
- as bad as all that
- as best can
- as best one can
- as big as life
- as bold as Beauchamp
- as bold as brass
- as clear as black and white
- as clear as mud
- as clear as vodka
- as close as stink on shit
- as common as muck
- as dead as a doornail
- as drunk as a lord
- as dull as dishwater
- as ever trod shoe-leather
- as far as
- as far as (one) knows
- as far as (someone/something) is concerned
- as far as (something) goes
- as far as anyone knows
- as far as are concerned
- as far as goes
- as far as I can see
- as far as is concerned
- as far as it goes
- as far as possible
- as far as that goes
- as far as the eye can see
- as fat as a beached whale
- as follows
- as for
- as free as a bird
- as fresh as a daisy
- as fuck
- as gay as pink ink
- as good as
- as good as (one's) word
- as good as word
- as hell
- as hot as highway blacktop
- as I expected
- as I live and breathe
- As I live and breathe!
- as I see it
- as I was saying
- as if
- as if (one) owns the place
- as if (one's) life depends on it
- As if I care!
- as if own the place
- as if that were not enough
- as if the sun shines out (someone's) backside
- as if there was/were no tomorrow
- as if there's no tomorrow
- As if!
- as is
- as it comes
- as it happens
- as it is
- as it so happens
- as it stands
- as it were
- as jober as a sudge
- as large as life
- as like as not
- as likely as not
- as long as
- as luck may have it
- as luck would have it
- as many
- as many as
- as much
- as much as
- as much as (one's) life is worth
- as much as anything
- as much as anything (else)
- as much chance as a wax cat in hell
- as nutty as a fruitcake
- as of
- as often as not
- as old as the hills
- as one
- as one man
- as opposed to
- as per
- as per usual
- as phony as a three-dollar bill
- as pissed as a fart
- as queer as a three-dollar bill
- as quick as a flash
- as regards
- as right as rain
- as sick as a dog
- as sin
- as sober as a judge
- as soon as
- as soon as possible
- as straight as a die
- as such
- as sure as hell
- as the actress said to the bishop
- As the actress said to the bishop...
- as the actress said to the pope
- as the crow flies
- as the day is long
- as the next girl
- as the next guy
- as the spirit moves
- as the spirit moves (one)
- as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined
- as the white on rice
- as the wind blows
- as things stand
- as though
- as tight as a tick
- as to
- as to be
- as ugly as sin
- as usual
- as we speak
- as well
- as well as
- as yet
- as you know
- as you make your bed, so you must lie on it
- as you please
- As you sow, so shall you reap
- awkward as a cow on a crutch
- bald as a coot
- baleful as death
- be (as) blind as a bat
- be (as) busy as a bee
- be (as) clean as a whistle
- be (as) cold as ice
- be (as) dead as a doornail
- be (as) easy as one-two-three
- be (as) easy as rolling off (of) a log
- be (as) flat as a pancake
- be (as) fresh as a daisy
- be (as) green as a gooseberry
- be (as) hard as nails
- be (as) mad as a hatter
- be (as) nutty as a fruitcake
- be (as) old as the hills
- be (as) pleased as punch
- be (as) pure as the driven snow
- be (as) quiet as a mouse
- be (as) right as rain
- be (as) sick as a dog
- be (as) silent as the grave
- be (as) snug as a bug in a rug
- be (as) sober as a judge
- be (as) solid as a rock
- be (as) sound as a dollar
- be (as) stiff as a board
- be (as) strong as an ox
- be (as) stubborn as a mule
- be (as) thick as a brick
- be (as) thick as a shit
- be (as) thick as a short plank
- be (as) thick as thieves
- be (as) thin as a rail
- be (as) tough as old boots
- be (as) ugly as sin
- be (as) white as snow
- be (not) as black as (someone/something) is painted
- be as (something) as they come
- be as [crazy etc.] as they come
- be as [fast etc.] as all get out
- be as American as apple pie
- be as bald as a coot
- be as black as are is painted
- be as blind as a bat
- be as bright as a button
- be as brown as a berry
- be as busy as a bee
- be as clean as a whistle
- be as clear as crystal
- be as clear as day
- be as clear as mud
- be as cold as ice
- be as cool as a cucumber
- be as cute as a button
- be as daft as a brush
- be as dead as a dodo
- be as dead as a doornail
- be as deaf as a post
- be as dry as a bone
- be as dull as dishwater
- be as easy as abc
- be as easy as falling off a log
- be as easy as pie
- be as fit as a fiddle
- be as flat as a pancake
- be as fresh as a daisy
- be as full as a boot
- be as gentle as a lamb
- be as good as (one's) word
- be as good as dead
- be as good as gold
- be as good as gone
- be as good as new
- be as good as word
- be as happy as a sandboy
- be as happy as Larry
- be as happy as Larry sandboy
- be as hard as nails
- be as high as a kite
- be as honest as the day
- be as honest as the day is long
- be as keen as mustard
- be as light as a feather
- be as mad as a hatter
- be as mad as a hornet
- be as mad as a March hare
- be as nice as pie
- be as nutty as a fruitcake
- be as old as Methuselah
- be as old as the hills
- be as plain as the nose on (one's) face
- be as plain as the nose on your face
- be as pleased as Punch
- be as poor as church mice
- be as pure as the driven snow
- be as quiet as a mouse
- be as regular as clockwork
- be as right as rain
- be as safe as houses
- be as scarce as hen's teeth
- be as sharp as a tack
- be as sick as a dog
- be as sick as a parrot
- be as silent as the grave
- be as slippery as an eel
- be as snug as a bug in a rug
- be as sober as a judge
- be as solid as a rock
- be as sound as a bell
- be as sound as a dollar
- be as stiff as a board
- be as stiff as a ramrod
- be as straight as a die
- be as strong as an ox
- be as stubborn as a mule
- be as thick as thieves
- be as thick as two short planks
- be as thin as a rake
- be as thin as a stick
- be as tough as old boots
- be as ugly as sin
- be as white as a sheet
- be as white as snow
- be as/like oil and water
- be bone dry
- be chalk and cheese
- be it as it may
- be like taking candy from a baby
- be like watching grass grow
- be like watching paint dry
- be more fun than a barrel of monkeys
- be so bold as to do
- be taken as read
- be that as it may
- big around as a molasses barrel
- big as all outdoors
- big as life
- black as a skillet
- black as night
- black as one is painted
- black as pitch
- blind as a bat
- bold as brass
- bricks shy of a load
- bright as a button
- bright as a new pin
- broad as a barn door
- brown as a berry
- bull in a china shop
- business as usual
- busy as a beaver
- busy as a hibernating bear
- butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
- can't say as I do
- cast as
- catch as catch can
- catch-as-catch-can
- charge off as
- choose as
- clean as a hound's tooth
- clean as a whistle
- clear as a bell
- clear as crystal
- clear as mud
- clear as vodka
- close as a clam
- close as stink on shit
- close as the bark to the tree
- close as two coats of paint
- cocky as the king of spades
- cold as a welldigger's ass
- come across like
- come as no surprise
- come on as
- comfortable as an old shoe
- comfortable as an old shoe, as
- common as an old shoe
- conceited as a barber's cat
- conceive of as
- condemn as
- construe as
- cool as a cucumber
- count as
- cracked up to be
- crazy as a betsy bug
- crazy as a loon
- crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
- cross as a bear
- cross as two sticks
- crystal clear, be
- cute as a bug's ear
- cute as a button
- dead as a dodo
- dead as a doornail
- deaf as a post
- deaf as an adder
- death and taxes, certain as
- define as
- denounce as
- depict as
- deputize as
- describe as
- designate as
- devil is not so black as he is painted
- different as night and day
- disguise as
- dismiss as
- do as I say
- Do as I say, not as I do
- do duty as
- do unto others as you would have them do unto you
- Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
- double as
- dress as
- drunk as a fiddler
- drunk as a lord
- drunk as a skunk
- dry as dust
- dry-as-dust
- dull as dishwater
- easy as A, B, C
- easy as ABC
- easy as falling off a log
- easy as one-two-three
- easy as pie
- employ as
- engage as
- Enough is as good as a feast
- envisage as
- envision as else
- equate
- establish as
- evaluate as
- every bit as
- exciting as watching paint dry
- extol as
- false as Cressida
- fancy as
- fat as a beached whale
- fat as a pig
- feature as
- feel as if a cat has kittened in (one's) mouth
- figure as
- fine with me
- finger as
- finger someone as someone
- fit as a fiddle
- flat as a board
- flat as a pancake
- flop as
- free as a bird
- fresh as a daisy
- full as a tick
- function as
- funny as a barrel of monkeys
- funny as a crutch
- fussy as a hen with one chick
- gaudy as a butterfly
- gay as pink ink
- gentle as a lamb
- give as good as get
- give as good as one gets
- give up as a bad job
- go as
- go beet red
- go beetroot
- go down as
- go so far as to
- go so far as to say
- good as (one's) word
- good as done
- good as done, as