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as bad as the itch ( as a blight ) |
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as blithe as May |
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as bald as a coot |
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as blue as indigo ( as
forget-me-nots ) |
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as bald as a billiard ball |
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as blunt as a hammer ( as the back
of a knife ) |
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as bald as an egg |
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as boisterous as stormy sea winds |
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as bare as a stone ( as winter ) |
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as bold as brass ( as a lion ) |
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as barren as winter rain |
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as boundless as the ocean |
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as bashful as a schoolgirl |
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as bounteous as nature |
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as beautiful as the sunset ( as the
rainbow ) |
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as brainless as a chimpanzee |
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as big as an elephant ( as a whale ) |
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as brave as a lion |
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as bitter as death |
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as brave as Achilles |
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as bitter as hemlock |
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as brief as time ( as a dream ) |
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as bitter as wormwood |
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as bright as a new penny ( as a new
shilling ) |
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as black as coal |
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as bright as day ( as noonday ) |
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as black as a crow ( as a raven ) |
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as bright as the light ( as a lark ) |
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as black as ebony ( as pitch, as a
starless night, as ink, as soot ) |
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as bright as silver |
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as black as pitch |
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as bright as button |
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as black as a starless night |
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as brilliant as a mirror |
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as black as sin |
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as brilliant as the stars |
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as black as jet |
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as brisk as a flea ( as a bailiff ) |
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as black as a sloe |
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as brisk as a butterfly |
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as blameless as the snow |
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as brittle as glass |
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as blank as an empty bottle |
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as broad as Heaven's expanse |
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as blink as a bat ( as ignorance ) |
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as brown as a berry ( as a bun, as
hazelnuts ) |
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as blind as a beetle |
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as brown as Mahogany |
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as blind as a mole |
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as buoyant as wings |
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as blithe as a butterfly |
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as busy as an ant |
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as busy as a bee ( as a nailer ) |
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