“It’s been a hard day’s night and I’ve been working.... It’s been a hard day’s night and I should be sleeping.... like a dog like a log

Similes A simile is a figure of speech that says that one thing is like another different thing. We can use similes to make descriptions more emphatic or vivid. We often use the words as...as and like with similes.

His skin was as cold as ice. It felt as hard as rock. She looked as gentle as a lamb. something [is*] AS adjective AS something * be, feel, taste, look, smell, see

My love is like a red, red rose. These cookies taste like garbage. He had a temper (that was) like a volcano. something [is*] LIKE something * be, feel, taste, look, smell, see

He eats like a pig. He smokes like a chimney. They fought like cats and dogs. something [does**] LIKE something * * action verb

AS adjective AS somethingmeaning as blind as a batcompletely blind as cold as icevery cold as flat as a pancakecompletely flat as light as a feathervery light as strong as a bullvery strong as white as snowpure white

LIKE something possible meaning (depending on context) like a rosebeautiful like a volcanoexplosive like garbagedisgusting like a dreamwonderful, incredible like golddustprecious like dewdropssweet and pure

LIKE somethingmeaning to drink like a fishto drink a lot to eat like a birdto eat very little to eat like a horseto eat a lot to eat like a pigto eat impolitely to sing like an angelto sing beautifully to sleep like a logto sleep well and soundly

Similes often make use of irony or sarcasm. In such cases they may even mean the opposite of the adjective used. His explanation was as clear as mud. The film was as interesting as watching a copy of Windows download. Watching the show was like watching paint dry.

Source: