A simile is a figure of speech. It usually (but not always) involves the comparison of an adjective with another thing. Examples are as follows:

	Adjective	Comparison
as	bothersome	as a continual dripping            on a rainy day
as	cheerful happy	as a lark
as	diligent hardworking	as an ant
as	forgetful	as a goldfish
as	handsome	as a prince
as	naughty	as a monkey as a thief
as	painful	as a thorn in the paw
as	selfish	as a fox
as	smart	as a whip
as	smelly	as a skunk
as	stubborn	as a mule
as	stupid	as a mule as a donkey
as	troublesome	as a wasp in one's ear
as	ugly	as sin