can you tell me some interesting example of similes and metaphors?

Similes

As bold as brass.

As hard as nails.

As bright as a button.

As daft as a brush.

As dry as a bone.

As proud as a peacock.

“The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.” (W. H. Auden.)

“…as happy as the grass was green.” (Dylan Thomas, “Fernhill.”)

“…love is like a ghost.” (Coventry Patmore.)

“motherhood peels me bare

like a willow wand

some small child scrapes in the road

or throws in the pond.” (Glenda Beagan.)

Metaphors

“Property is theft.” (Proudhon.)

Computers are the vehicles of tomorrow.

“All the world’s a stage.” (Shakespeare.)

It’s a dog’s life.

“The parks are the lungs of London.” (William Pitt.)

“I’m deep in a goldfish bowl.” (Stereophnics, “goldfish bowl.”)

Life’s a *****.

God is love.

“Man is Nature’s sole mistake.” (W. S. Gilbert.)

“Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.” (G. B. Shaw.)

“My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.” (Fiona McLeod.)

“i punched him and he went out like a light”

“the second i saw you i knew you possessed the key to my heart”

“i was so suprised you could’ve knocked me down with a feather!”

“this is as useless as trying to find a needle in a haystack