- as fast as a deer
- as fat as a pig
- as feeble as a child
- a frisky as two-year-old
- as gentle as a dove
- as gentle as a lamb
- as graceful as a swan
- as hairy as a gorilla
- as harmless as a dove
- as hungry as a hunter / wolf
- as industrious as a beaver
- as loyal as an apostle
- as mad as a March hare
- as playful as a kitten / puppy
- as plump as a partridge
- as sick as a dog
- as silly as a sheep
- as sober as a judge
- as strong as a horse
- as swift as a hawk
- as tall as a giant
- as tender as a chicken
- as white as a ghost