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- like a cat on a hot tin roof used to describe someone who is in a state of extreme nervous worry
- swear like a trooper to use a lot of offensive language:He was extremely drunk and swearing like a trooper.
- be (as) fit as a fiddle to be very healthy and strong:My grandmother's 89, but she's as fit as a fiddle.
- go/sell like hot cakes to be bought quickly and in large numbers:The new game is apparently selling like hot cakes.
- (as) light as a feather (as) light as a feathervery light
- sleep like a log/ informal to sleep very well:I went to bed early and slept like a log.
- smoke like a chimney to smoke a great deal of tobacco or other smokable substances
- 1.go like a rocket 2.rise like a rocket 1.if a machine goes like a rocket, it works very well 'How's the new computer?' 'Great, goes like a rocket.' 2.
- (as) white as a sheet If someone is (as) white as a sheet, their face is very pale, usually because of illness, shock, or fear.
- silent as the dead and *silent as the grave completely silent.
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- be as stubborn as a mule to be very stubborn
- be (as) old as the hills to be very old
- be (as) cold as ice to be extremely cold:Feel my toes - they're as cold as ice.
- be like a bear with a sore head to be in a bad mood that causes you to treat other people badly and complain a lot:You're like a bear with a sore head this morning. What's wrong with you?
- like a bull in a china shop If someone is like a bull in a china shop, they are very careless in the way that they move or behave:We told her it was a delicate situation but she went into the meeting like a bull in a china shop.
- like a lamb to the slaughter If someone does something or goes somewhere like a lamb to the slaughter, they do it without knowing that something bad is going to happen and therefore act calmly and without fighting against the situation.