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He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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It was music to my ears.
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Let's play it by ear.
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The moon is beautiful like a balloon.
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Today we are Cinderella because our feet fit exactly.
personification
But I think diseases have no eyes. They pick with a dizzy finger anyone, just anyone.
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Until then, I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.
personification
The naked lightbulb...
metaphor
Like it or not, you are Mango Street.
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I'll shake the sky like a hundred violins.
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Home is a house in a photograph.
personification
Wind yells while blowing.
personification
The camera loves her.
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The lightning lashed out with anger.
personification
Snow wrapped a blanket around the city.
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My computer hates me.
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He was eager to help but his legs were rubber.
idiom
I felt under the weather.
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He had a chip on his shoulder.
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They were on pins and needles, waiting for the news.
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Over my dead body!
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Your guess is as good as mine.
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He was as mean as an acre of rattlesnakes.
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The king was as wise as a dictionary.
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I wandered lonely as a cloud.
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The parrot was more colorful than the Mardi Gras.
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Her hair hung like gray cobwebs.
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The dog was a shaggy carpet.
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Her life had more drama than the Maury Povich show.
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Evil is a stain on the world.
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