I only have heard of a few of these. Maybe more of you will remember them. I have been collecting them to use with my students as they often don't understand what is meant by IDIOMS. They have fun with them. Busy as an ant at a picnic Naked as a peeled apple Dull as a widow-woman's meat ax Strutting like a banty rooster Ticht as the bark on a tree Fly like a bat out of Hades Crazy as a bed bug Industrious as a beaver No more hips than a snake Chews like a billy goat Looks like a dying calf Limp as a dish rag Busy as a dog with fleas Helpless as a fish out of water Thick as the hair on a dog's back Doesn't need that more than a hog needs a spelling book Naked as a jaybird Slow as molasses in January Hungry as a church mouse Puckery as a persimmon Wet as a drowned rat Swims like a rock Rare as snow in July Ugly as home-made sin Puffed-up like a toad frog Nancy: benttree@bright.net