English and Spanish Similes

Similes or comparisons

Más largo que un día sin pan is a Spanish simile where something long is compared to a day without eating which may seem long to a hungry person. Similes compare two things using the words as or like.

Similes are found in both languages in speech and in writing:

Spanish:

Claro como el agua.

Hablar como un loro.

Comer como una lima.

Sordo como una tapia.

Oscuro como boca de lobo.

Más fresco que una lechuga.

Pelearse como el perro y el gato
Más contento que unas Pascuas

English:

As busy as a bee (or beaver.)

As happy as a king (or clam or lark.)

As brave as a lion.

As clear as a bell.

Dry as a bone.

As sick as a dog.

As deaf as a post.

As blind as a bat.

Fight like cats and dogs.
(Los franceses dicen que alguien que habla el francés mal, lo habla como una vaca española: "Parler français comme une vache espagnole."