congeries

в жанре "метафоры и аналогии из сочинений американских школьников", от

astria

- The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

- He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.

- It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.

- The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.

- Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

и много других...