| A | B |
| idiom | a piece of cake |
| idiom | apple of my eye |
| idiom | add fuel to the fire |
| idiom | a taste of your own medicine |
| idiom | fuddy-duddy |
| idiom | go for broke |
| idiom | head over heels |
| idiom | joshing me |
| idiom | method to my madness |
| idiom | turn a blind eye |
| personification | 1.Justice is blind and, at times, deaf. |
| personification | 2.Money is the only friend that I can count on. |
| personification | 3.The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land. |
| personification | 10.The buses can be impatient around here. |
| personification | 13.The candle flame danced in the dark. |
| personification | 37.Winter’s icy grip squeezed his rib cage. |
| personification | 49.The party died as soon as she left. |
| personification | 42.The wind whispered the rumors of the forest. |
| simile | as cool as a cucumber |
| simile | as thin as a rake |
| simile | as bold as brass |
| simile | as crooked as a witch's hat |
| simile | as clean as a whistle |
| simile | as stubborn as a mule |
| simile | gleamed like pearls |
| metaphor | John is a real pig when he eats. |
| metaphor | My father is a rock. |
| metaphor | How could she marry a snake like that! |
| metaphor | You are my sunshine. |