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0 Am I being too talkative around here? Sorry if I am. But anyway, I was just wondering, as I was working and talking with my sister today, I foung myself using many similes and cliches in my speech. (i.e., dry as a bone, hard as a rock, nothing to write home about), do different regions and cultures have use different cliches and similes in everyday language? 02br02br00- Sarah 0-

Nyarlathotep · Accepted Answer

Yes.

Where I live (northern England), people use them all the time.

-Nyarlathotep

Jupath · Answer

It’s an interesting topic. Yes, I think similes are used in every language.

Here are some from Hungary. I tried to translate them world for world and hope they are comprehensible in this way. I wonder whether they exist in English or other languages. I mean, of course, such similes which have the same meaning.

Rare like a white raven.

Grin like a crab apple.

To have as sharp mind as a razor.

Innocent like a newborn lamb.

It’s worth as much as a kiss for a death man.

Keep avoiding it like a cat the hot porridge. (means the same as "bite about the bush" in English)

Doubtful like a dog's dinner.

And my favourite:
To be silent like some **** in the grass. (Sorry)

Jupath · Answer

Oh, the last one was moderated. So, you need to imagine. <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/5.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/5.gif' alt='Emotion: wink'/>

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