![]() ![]() all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket! now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like a candle.Īnd she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing. 'What a curious feeling!' said Alice 'I must be shutting up like a telescope.' she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes. Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! ![]() There was not a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the wind. There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way. The list below is unlikely to be complete as it only incorporates similes which use the word 'like' but threre are plenty to choose from: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the source of one of the most famous similes ever written, namely "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" but there are of course many more. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |