Piling up like laundry.

[Olly Buckle]

A simile is not yellow with a mouth and two eyes; that is a smiley.
A simile is like a metaphor, but with the comparative word ‘like’ or ‘as’ added.

Put it another way, a metaphor is a simile without comparative words.
This is a simile thread.

‘Piling up like laundry’ is a simile I came across recently and thought, ‘nice’.
It is not one of those hackneyed, cliché, phrases Like ‘clean as a whistle’ or ‘as bright as a button.’
It is short and uncomplicated.
It is easily understood by almost everyone. Things to aim for.

So this is the game, I post a word and the next person decides whether to use ‘As’ or ‘like’, makes a simile using the word, and posts another word for the next person, simple, No?

BUT, remember this is not an exercise in remembering the ones used every day, MAKE UP SOMETHING.

Let’s start on a positive note,

First word ‘Happy’.

[-xXx-]

as happy as dead little pigs in the sunshine;
can't get any happier.

tangled

[Olly Buckle]

As tangled as the mind of a career politician.

Beautiful.

[Teb]

Beautiful like the sound of someone else saying "It's my round."

Hanging

[-xXx-]

hanging like a helium filled vivid tropical fish,
trailing just enough toothpick ballast.

Pickled

[Olly Buckle]

...in neat rows, pickled, like specimens in a Victorian natural history museum ...


Rain clouds

[-xXx-]

rain clouds like sponges wrung rightly devoid

amicable

[Bloggsworth]

Sophoclean.

[-xXx-]

Sophoclean as a besmudged self-fulfilling fortune cookie slip tucked neatly between crisp edges

amicable

[Olly Buckle]

As amicable as the drunk on the last bus home.

Single minded