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    simile


    1. You've become an unbelievable irritant yourself; 'like a mosquito', which, I believe, is your current simile


    2. way of illustration, the simile of the potter and the clay, and then extends the principal to show the


    3. Verses 17 to 21, the simile of the olive tree is used to illustrate the above, I am again reminded


    4. But the simile is extended to remind us that humility is required to worship God


    5. the false self and the true self, or is it only a simile?


    6. But it is not a good simile


    7. Another simile which might be suggested is that of the transmission of


    8. This last term is no mere simile, but describes a literal fact, for at the close of each root race effort those who have attained Adeptship within it form a


    9. Revelations speaks of mountains also in the same light; again the simile of mountains


    10. but he suspected that the simile was not a particularly flattering one

    11. as a simile for the subdued mind of a yogi who has completely given


    12. A simile probably not used by the Egyptians at the time


    13. Another example which may have some literal relevancy is the following from the simile of the


    14. After reading and rereading the ' simile of the cave' in chapter seven of "The Republic," I am still


    15. inclined to think that the simile is drawn from Socrates' own experience with becoming aware of the


    16. prisoners in the Socratic simile of the cave, where “the truth would be literally nothing but the


    17. These two remembrances were followed by remembrance of Socrates’ simile of the cave


    18. But perhaps this difference can be brought home a little more clearly if you will pardon a rather fanciful simile


    19. And to carry the simile further, if you allow too great a play between the parts, so that they fit one over the other too loosely, the engine will lose power and become a poor rickety thing


    20. (In this paragraph Christ's kingdom is set forth under the simile of a great feast, a familiar simile with Jesus (Matt

    21. "Weathercock can without the wind," suggested Jo, as he paused for a simile


    22. Well, out of the five or six millions which form your real capital, you have just lost nearly two millions, which must, of course, in the same degree diminish your credit and fictitious fortune; to follow out my simile, your skin has been opened by bleeding, and this if repeated three or four times will cause death—so pay attention to it, my dear Monsieur Danglars


    23. ‘Oh, no!’ said Levin with annoyance; ‘that method of doctoring I merely meant as a simile for doctoring the people with schools


    24. He had never before seen a woman's lips and teeth which forced upon his mind with such persistent iteration the old Elizabethan simile of roses filled with snow


    25. To use a homely simile, it is quite possible to decide by inspection that a woman is old enough to vote without knowing her age or that a man is heavier than he should be without knowing his exact weight


    26. By another and less imaginative simile, we might more convincingly show why analysis is inherently better suited to investment than to speculative situation


    27. "Aha!" he said, "your simile of the tiger good, for me, and I shall adopt him


    28. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth


    29. "Oh, no!" said Levin with annoyance; "that method of doctoring I merely meant as a simile for doctoring the people with schools


    30. The liberal significance of this simile was appreciated

    31. Where, for instance, is there a man under suspicion of some kind or other, were it even the most thick-headed moujik, who does not know that the magistrate will commence by putting all sorts of out-of-the-way questions to take him off the scent (if I may be allowed to use your happy simile), and that then he suddenly gives him one between the eyes? A blow of the ax on his sinciput (if again I may be permitted to use your ingenious metaphor)? Hah, hah! And do you mean to say that when I spoke to you about quarters provided by the State, that—hah, hah! You are very caustic


    32. Talk about the bouquet of wine! Why, the bouquet of the mushroom is as delicate and elusive as—as——” The simile failed to materialize, but he went on eloquently: “You can no more preserve it than you can the dew upon a plum


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    Synonyms for "simile"

    simile kinship parity relation reciprocity community correlation similarity

    "simile" definitions

    a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')