Thursday, May 5, 2011 11:33:44 PM
there was one that i heard a long time ago that i really liked. "trouble followed her like the vapors of a cheap perfume."
Thursday, May 5, 2011 12:50:43 AM
Batmanners: Not quite. A simile simply compares two objects. A metaphor claims that the objects are the same. Your description wouldn't be correct for a statement such as "He was faster than a speeding bullet," which is a simile, even though it does not use LIKE or AS.