Very common similes as strong as an ox (about a person with great strength) as light as a feather (when something weighs very little) as busy as a bee as quiet as a mouse (someone who is shy and untalkative; someone who is being quiet so as not to be heard) as quick as a flash (when something moves fast; someone does something quickly)

Check out the following list of similes: As black as coal Example: His face became as black as coal after being criticized. As blind as a bat Example: My uncle is as blind as a bat without his spectacles. As cool as a cucumber Example: While all of us were panicking just before the declaration of the results, Naina was as cool as a cucumber.