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Definition
a phrase that highlights similarity between things of different kinds — usually formed with "like" or "as"
as in "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack," or "She is as quiet as a mouse."
as in "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack," or "She is as quiet as a mouse."
- Thou hast the most unsavoury similes, and art, indeed, the most comparative, rascalliest, sweet young prince,—But, Hal, I pr'ythee trouble me no more with vanity.1.2 — Act 1 Scene 2 — The same. An Apartment of Prince Henry's (37% in)
There are no more uses of "simile" in Henry IV, Part 1.
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