Arguments
Arguments
See Also:FIGHTING
- Argued like a lawyer —Edith Wharton
See Also:LAWYERS
- Argue like geese —Ben Hecht
- Arguing like sparring fish in a tank —Graham Swift
- Arguing with Owen was like fencing with a bag of wool —Julia O’Faolain
See Also:FUTILITY
- The argument broke open, porous as cheese —Julia O’Faolain
- Arguments are like the grinding of rusty blades —Elizabeth Hardwick
- Can’t help arguing like I can’t help the man in the moon —Louise Erdrich
- Clash like the coming and retiring wave —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Clash, like waves of the sea —John Hall Wheelock
- Contention is like fire, both burn so long as there is any exhaustible matter to contend with —Thomas Adams
- Grabbed the argument as if it were a beachball we were tossing between us —Dorothy B. Francis
- Her argument clung to its point like a frightened sharp-clawed animal —Edith Wharton
- His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death —Abraham Lincoln
- Her arguments are like elephants. They squash you flat —Rumer Godden
- Protesting like children at nap time —George Garrett
- Split [in disagreement] like an egg —Paige Mitchell
- Talking to Oscar [Levant] is like fighting a man who has three fists instead of the regulation two —Alexander Woolcott
- True disputants are like true sportsmen, their whole delight is in the pursuit —Alexander Pope
See Also:SPORTS
- Words..flew between them like sparks between steel striking steel —Edna Ferber
- The words [during an argument] whipped away like weightless leaves —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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