58. I can use similes

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as fit as a fiddle

fit and in good health

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as quick as a flash

very quickly

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as easy as pie

very easy

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as hard as nails

very hard and uncomfortable

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as bright as a button

(usually of a child or young person) very bright and intelligent

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as white as a sheet

looking very ill or very frightened

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as daft as a brush

very silly

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as cool as a cucumber

very calm and controlled, especially in a difficult situation

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as thin as a rake

very thin

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as good as new

in very good condition, as it was when it was new

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as good as gold

very good

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read sb like a book

be able to understand easily what sb is thinking or feeling

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work/go like a dream

work very well

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be like a red rag to a bull

be likely to make sb very angry

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spread like wildfire

(of news, etc.) become known by more and more people very quickly

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be (like) banging your head against a brick wall

be frustrating because you are making no progress in what you are trying to do

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be like a bull in a china shop

be careless in the way you move or insensitive in your behaviour

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watch sb like a hawk

watch sb very carefully

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be like getting blood out of a stone

be almost impossible to obtain

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be like looking for a needle in a haystack

be almost impossible to find

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fit (sb) like a glove

be the perfect shape or size for sb