Vehicles, Operation of
Vehicles, Operation of
- Drive like a nursemaid with a pramful of kids —Calder Willingham
- Drove as if he were handling a hearse —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker
- Drove silently, like a silent wind —Elizabeth Spencer
- (Pulled out into traffic, his) engine cooking like grease on a cheap griddle —Loren D. Estleman
- He [driver of car] took the curves like a bird —Erich Maria Remarque
- Keeps that engine purrin’ like a whore on a hundred-dollar date —John Farris
- Touchdown [of airplane] was as smooth as arriving at the ground floor in a lift —Donald Seaman
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.