Примеры употребления для A simile
1. It was a simile(?) about the press, who hound(ed) him constantly, hoping for little scraps of scandal upon which to hang him from.
2. And then there was the ever–popular "like [finger]nails on a blackboard," a simile that may be an anachronism in these days of dry–erase whiteboards and PowerPoint presentations. (If you want tips on writing a bad song, read this.) At least one correspondent also wished to make a distinction between a bad song and a bad record, a distinction also made by the Grammy awards. (The former is a songwriter‘s award.) "The worst record ever made is Whitney Houston‘s assault on ‘I Will Always Love You,‘ " writes William W.