Smiled like a snake in the Garden of Eden.

Smiled like a snake in the Garden of Eden.

- Robert R. McCammon

keywords: grin , leer , smirk , sneer

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Acted like a fool.

Acted like a fool.

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Alike as two burrs in a mule’s tail.

Alike as two burrs in a mule’s tail.

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Wound up like a corkscrew.

Wound up like a corkscrew.

keywords: taut , tense , tight

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Black as the inside of a fountain pen.

Black as the inside of a fountain pen.

keywords: dark , ebony , evil , gloomy , sad

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Up and down like a fiddler’s elbow.

Up and down like a fiddler’s elbow.

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Sure as amen in church.

Sure as amen in church.

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Alike as twins.

Alike as twins.

- Robert Browning

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Eyes stabbed like an angry swan’s.

Eyes stabbed like an angry swan’s.

- Doris Leslie

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Talked like an old man with a hernia.

Talked like an old man with a hernia.

- George MacDonald Fraser

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