A friend sent me supposedly actual analogies and metaphors collected by a high school English teacher. These heinous examples are culled from a writing competition. Here are a few of my favorites:
1. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes
just before it throws up.
2. The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg
behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
3. She grew on him like she was a colony of Ecoli and he was
room-temperature Canadian Ham.
4. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
5. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the
East River.
6. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil,
this plan just might work.
7. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with
power tools.
Big grins and hugs,
Jack