SIMILES AND METAPHORS
Ms. McEwen
“I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch, but love is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah” – Leonard Cohen (Hallelujah)
What animated movie was this song used in?
"But right about now, I use my authority
Cause I'm like the Wizard and you look lost like ???????."
- Gang Starr
Guess the last word...
"But right about now, I use my authority
Cause I'm like the Wizard and you look lost like Dorothy."
- Gang Starr
As you go through life�Whatever your goal�Keep your eye on the donut�And not on the hole
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
What famous historical figure said this?
Gandhi
"And now we must duel, like two glimmering banjos on a moonlit stoop!"
-Dimentio, Super Paper Mario
"[This game is so hard] it's like going outside during a thunderstorm and trying to dodge rain! It's like trying to walk barefoot without touching the ground with your heels or toes! It's like trying to pick fly shit out of pepper! While wearing boxing gloves!"
-The Angry Video Game Nerd, reviewing The Silver Surfer
She used the sink as an ashtray, carefully rolling the ashes off along its edge and watching them fall down the porcelain slopes like mountain climbers tumbling to their deaths.
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer.
Gandhi
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole ??????.
an analogy
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
messed up unit of
measurement I’ve ever come across
Why do you think clams were considered happy?
According to Buddha, a candle can not burn without fire, just as men can not live without:
A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark. (Alvy Singer in “Annie Hall,” 1977).
The health care system is like a 1970s-era Cadillac - overpriced, inefficient and filled with unnecessary features. (Huffington Post).
What fictional character is compared to a heel, and eel and as cuddly as a cactus?
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch.
(From "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" by Dr. Seuss, 1957).
Some telemarketers are like ????????? Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs."
The Iraq war is like modern art; you’re not supposed to get it. (Comedian John Mulaney )
As nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
According to Eleanor Roosevelt, why are women like tea bags?
"Women are like tea bags -- you never know how strong they are until they get in hot water."
Technical progress is like...
...an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
(Albert Einstein).
According to Benjamin Franklin, why are house guests like fish?
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
(Benjamin Franklin)
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
Sneaking up like celery yeah I'm stalking
I squeak like Stephen Hawkings yeah but I'm walkin'
This plane ride is going to be rougher than...
Your life would have been more miserable than...
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