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"As" Similes #2

Fill the blanks in these similes.
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First submittedAugust 6, 2013
Times taken34,235
Average score60.0%
Rating3.81
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Idiom
Mad as a Hatter
Busy as a Bee
White as Snow
Flat as a Pancake
Light as a Feather
Poor as a Church Mouse
Happy as a Clam
Idiom
Proud as a Peacock
Nutty as a Fruitcake
Free as a Bird
Dumb as a Post
Naked as a Jaybird
Fresh as a Daisy
Cool as a Cucumber
Idiom
Pleased as Punch
Smooth as a Baby's Bottom
Stubborn as a Mule
Clean as a Whistle
Crazy as a Loon
Snug as a Bug in a Rug
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41 Comments
Susie222
+1
Level 59
Oct 9, 2013
I think 'quick as a whistle" ought to be allowed.
dakgrl
+15
Level 57
Jan 3, 2014
quiet as a church mouse ?
Tacitus
+3
Level 28
Jan 17, 2014
Quiet as a mouse.
Danno
+1
Level 68
Apr 26, 2024
I agree that it should be quiet. Never heard poor. One of two I missed.
soda15
+10
Level 17
Jan 19, 2014
quiet as a church mouse
postwaste
+1
Level 85
Jan 20, 2014
I've always heard "Quiet as a dormouse".
Ferbin
+1
Level 76
Apr 25, 2019
I heard this one too.
LuckyRazor
+1
Level 29
Mar 10, 2023
I came here just to add to the quiet rather than poor for the mouse. Also, most of these are just repeats from the first. So I suggest the inclusion, "lazy as the OP" :)
pensta
+3
Level 66
Jun 8, 2014
Thick as a post
ander217
+1
Level 75
Aug 1, 2014
That was my first thought.
kogatora
+1
Level 93
Jan 29, 2019
or daft
ander217
+1
Level 75
Aug 22, 2014
I've often wondered, "Why are clams so happy, and how do we really know?"
australianviking
+2
Level 34
Oct 22, 2014
They are free to spit on anyone that touches them. I'd be pretty happy too
ander217
+1
Level 75
Nov 16, 2014
I suppose we're all free to spit on anyone who touches us, but I'm not sure that would make me happy. To each his own.
berowdy
+2
Level 55
Nov 23, 2014
the whole phrase was originally "happy as a clam at high tide" and it was eventually shortened. True story.
goose77
+7
Level 89
Oct 24, 2014
QM-Please add quiet as a church mouse. I hear that phrase all the time and have never heard of poor as a church mouse.
Horsertopia16
+1
Level 21
Feb 3, 2015
what about fit as a fiddle?
tonelico
+9
Level 52
Mar 13, 2015
For as much controversy as it's created in the comments, I think QUIET as a churchmouse should alternately be accepted.

http://clichesite.com/content.asp?which=tip+1065

The mouse is so quiet that you can't hear it even as it scurries over the floor of a church, where everyone is silent in prayer.

I believe the paradigm that church mice are both poor AND quiet is well-established in Disney's (animated) Robin Hood film.

Quiz creator, fix this. Please.

LarryLovage
+2
Level 55
Jun 7, 2015
I'm one of those who tried "quet" for church mouse. But now I see the real answer, I think it should stand and quiet shouldn't be accepted.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jan 14, 2020
Even had it been 'Quiet' you wouldn't have got it anyway.
lemthelorax
+6
Level 52
Feb 4, 2017
Pretty as a peacock?? I've heard it like this many times before
idontkn1
+5
Level 91
Jun 20, 2017
I've heard both quiet and poor for church mouse. Google as of today has 66k of "quiet as a church mouse" and 47k of "poor as a church mouse". Not that it's my quiz but I think either one should be acceptable.
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Dec 24, 2018
I get 44 vs 84k with quotation marks, and 442k for "quiet as a mouse"
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 85
Oct 18, 2017
For any who may be wondering why it is that clams have long been held up as the touchstone of happiness...

The original (and complete) phrase was "happy as a clam at high tide".

Due to the obviously exhausting nature of saying that entire phrase, over the years, it has gotten truncated down to simply "happy as a clam".

FatDad
+2
Level 82
Oct 27, 2017
I've only ever heard "tight as a clam".
aurorerio
+1
Level 51
Oct 27, 2017
Aced it with 3:02 remaining. Tried quiet as churchmouse first,

then got it with poor. No biggie. Great quiz.

wyocowgirl
+1
Level 79
Nov 13, 2017
Slick as a whistle
Shirmal
+1
Level 55
Jun 8, 2018
thank you for the information about the clam, it was the only one `I did not get
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Oct 7, 2018
Why would a church mouse be poor with all the communion matzoh and wine to consume? - Drunk as a Church mouse would be more apropos. (Though I've only heard of "Quiet as a Church mouse").
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Dec 24, 2018
matzoh in a church?
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Apr 4, 2019
As _________ as rain. (Matrix)
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 89
Nov 19, 2019
Clam, bee, mule and cucumber are repeats from the first quiz...
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jan 14, 2020
Observation 6/10........ nitpicking 10/10
vermiciousknid
+4
Level 89
Apr 14, 2020
I think it's a fair critique and not nitpicking at all.
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Jul 30, 2023
Don't understand how this is nitpicking, I've never seen a featured quiz series with so much as one overlapping clue, let alone four.
theboimrmded
+3
Level 60
Jan 14, 2020
The only church mouse simile I've ever heard in my life is quiet, please consider making that an acceptable answer
Algernon
+3
Level 73
Nov 20, 2020
ANOTHER vote for “Quiet” as a church mouse.
MrMackASOY
+1
Level 69
May 23, 2023
proud as punch, pretty as a peacock, quiet and poor as a church mouse
cathlete
+1
Level 75
Jan 8, 2024
Thanks to The Streak
EcceHomo
+1
Level 81
Jan 23, 2024
How about 'as murine as a mouse'?
stylus
+1
Level 76
May 11, 2024
this has a lot of repeats from "As" Similes #1... maybe some different ones needed?
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