Similies C/d 31St Aug

[slimseeker]

help needed please on last three. all ans are similies
no 80 T???? as a B????
NO 82 T???? as a M????
no 51 O??? as a S???? have seen this answered as oily as a snake but cant find that as a similie

[scorpiojo]

82 Timid as a mouse

[scorpiojo]

80 Thick as a brick

[Fibonacci]

51 open as a smile ??

[slimseeker]

thick as a brick is definitely what I'm feeling thank you scorpiojo. thank you to, Fibonacci but no 51 as got to go between OBSTINATE AS A MULE and OLD AS THE HILLS if you have any other suggestions

[scorpiojo]

Lol

[Fibonacci]

Are you sure ?

[Jackdaw33]

There are very few four-letter adjectives between OB-- and OL--

[slimseeker]

yes I'm sure fibs, not many alternatives at all jackdaw33

[Jackdaw33]

That's why I suggested oily on another thread. Agree it does't come up in the list of similes but sounds plausible for want of something else.

[Calibax]

Typing "oily as a snake" into Google yields many literary examples of this phrase used as a simile.

[Jackdaw33]

Strange. All I get is entries about Snake Oil and Snake oil salesmen.

[fiction-factory]

Unless the setter is using a particular reference book of similes I think Oily as a Snake is a reasonable simile

[Calibax]

^Try putting it in "quotes"

[Jackdaw33]

Yep, that works.

[slimseeker]

very plausible jackdaw33