Loud as the voice of an auctioneer.

Loud as the voice of an auctioneer.

keywords: booming , ear-splitting , noisy , roaring

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Lost as an Easter egg.

Lost as an Easter egg.

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But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

- Shakespeare

keywords: beauty

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Sure as God made little fishes.

Sure as God made little fishes.

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Blushed like a black dog.

Blushed like a black dog.

- William Shakespeare

keywords: flushed , reddened

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His words cut deeper than a knife.

His words cut deeper than a knife.

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Built like a government mule.

Built like a government mule.

- Jerry Clower

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Quiet as the surface of some uninhabitable and forbidden planet.

Quiet as the surface of some uninhabitable and forbidden planet.

- T. C. Boyle

keywords: hushed , noiseless , silent , still

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Slick as a minnow’s lip.

Slick as a minnow’s lip.

keywords: clever , greasy , icy , oily , slippery

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Blushed like a bride.

Blushed like a bride.

- Samuel T. Coleridge

keywords: flushed , reddened

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