Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Hard as nails, for one (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SIMILE
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Notes
The answer SIMILE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Comparison
A trope
One of the tropes
Cousin of a metaphor
Cute as a button, for one
Figure of speech
Metaphor's cousin
Presenter of a likeness?
"Red as a rose" is one
Writer's device
As easy as pie, say
Fresh as a daisy, e.g.
Hot as a pistol, e.g.
Pretty as a picture, e.g.
"Sick as a dog," for instance
Cheeks like roses, e.g.
Float like a butterfly, say
Hair like silk, e.g.
Definition
SIMILE as a noun:
1. a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')