TEACHING 2. Similes ok

SIMILES ok

SIMILES WITH A GERUND FOR THE BOOK


* Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. 
 
* Comparing / To compare the albums is like trying to compare apples and oranges.


* Divorce is like an amputation. You survive it, but there's less of you. But sometimes it's like being handed a "gift"


* (Doing) math(s) is like going to the gym for your brain / it's a workout for your brain, strengthens and sharpens your mind and it makes you smarter 


* Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.     

* Having a husband is literally like having a child!

* Having more than one website for your personal brand is (kind of) like having more than one wife. Neither will be happy. It could be fun for a while until you run out of money 

* I find it's impossible for me to read Proust / Henrry James, It's /That's / That would be like having no money and going to the Palace Hotel.

* I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like J. Austen

* It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers

* Learning English is like learning to swim or play ball. We learn to swim by swimming, to play ball by plaing ball, and to speak English by speaking English. * You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

* Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

* Living without philosophising is literally (like) having your eyes closed without ever trying to open them.

* Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

* Saving money is just like making money.

* Talking to a communist is literally like talking to a (brick) Wall

* To get divorced because love has died is like selling your car because it's run out of gas.

* Worry(ing) is like (sitting on) a rocking chair: it (will) gives you something to do / you can rock all you want, but never gets you anywhere / but it doesn't get you anywhere / but (it) gets you nowhere / but (it) won't get you anywhere



 

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 * I find it's impossible for me to separate love and sex. Many years ago, I tried. It didn't work. Literally * I find it impossible for me to eliminate sugar completely * I find it impossible for me to both read and write stories containing upsetting scenes.




Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of / the same goes for fame

* Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it (largely)  depends (to a remarkable extent / entirely) on how you play it




Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them         


Trust is like an eraser it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.

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A simile is an overt (easily seen) comparison between two dissimilar things, usually employs / using the word "like" or the word "as". A comparison between two unrelated things indicating a likeness between them

AS: Well-known símiles are: As busy as a bee * As different as night and day * As clear as mud (explanation) * (I'm) sure as death and taxes * She walked in as cool as a cucumber, as if nothing had happened * It is as hot as the sun in here! * It is as cold as ice in this room!
LIKE: I was so tired after running five miles yesterday that I slept like a log * They wore jeans, which made me stand out like a sore thumb * She smokes like a chimney *   

A man / woman is like a tea bag. You can't tell how strong he is until you put him in hot wáter * Learning English is like learning to swim or play ball. We learn to swim by swimming, to play ball by plaing ball, and to speak English by speaking English * * Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds / like a sore thumb. Nonperformance can always be explained away  

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It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers * I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like J. Austen * (I find it's impossible for me to read Proust / Henrry James), It's /That's / That would be like having no money and going to the Palace Hotel * It's kind of like having more than one wife. It could be fun for a while until you run out of money * To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing * To get divorced because love has gone / died, is like selling your car because it's run out of gas * I think women should have insight as to how men think. Just like men should have insight into how women think. (an understanding of the motivations behind one's thoughts or behavior) *

* explain away (1. failure, underachievement, bajo rendimiento) 2. try to justify, make excuses, to explain something so that it is no longer a problem; to invent reasons why something is unimportant, account for) * You will find it hard to explain away all these mistakes * Rather than face the truth, we try to explain it away * You can try to explain it away if you want, but that won't solve the problem. You can't just explain away all your problems *

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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