http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/gbmmm/post.htm#510082Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:51:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:510082CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/gbmmm/post.htm#510082http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-510082.xmlThe occurrences of &quot;like&quot; and &quot;as&quot; make these similes, not metaphors! I wonder what native speakers would use in the above methaphors similes . It depends entirely on the creativity of the native speaker! You smell like New Jersey. You are as clever as a door knob. You are as fast as a speeding snail. I hate you like a brother. You are dirty as a chimney sweep. And my personal favorite: I&#39;m as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/gbmmm/post.htm#509744Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:51:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:50974426TMNTJG2PG1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/gbmmm/post.htm#509744http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-509744.xmlYour subject has made me recall having read an article, &quot; Figures of Speech &quot;, which may interest you.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/gbmmm/post.htmSun, 24 May 2009 06:51:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:509723New2grammar2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/gbmmm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-509723.xmlYou smell like a ???pig You are as clever as a ???Einstein You are as fast as ??? Superman? I hate you like ??? You are dirty like ??? a pig I wonder what native speakers would use in the above methaphors. Thanks in advance!