She had a face on her like a wet week in Omeath!
As healthy as a trout/ a rock/ a ditch
He could buy and sell fairies
He’s as busy as a nailer
That’s a step nearer heaven for you (reward for a good deed done)
You can’t take blood from a stone/ a turnip
Thon one’s as wicked as a weasel
As happy as a bird in a bush
Since she started cutting my hair, I’ve gone as grey as a badger!
That’s as true as the priest said Mass on Sunday
As sure as God made little green apples
He’s as odd as two left feet
As black as the Earl of Hell’s waistcoat
As black as me boot
As black as the back of the fire
As black as the kettle
As black as the hob
As black as the pot
(It was important to have this variety, since ‘black’ meant more than colour!)
That’s the pot calling the kettle black!
As soople as a hare! (supple)
As deaf as the beetle (the pounder for mash potatoes)
As yellow as a duck’s foot
As green as leeks