Sources are in parentheses. 1. Compiling a list of ten analogies is about as much fun as unanesthatized bowel surgery. (Zero Punctuation) 2. It had that eerie, surreal quality like when you're on vacation and jeopardy comes on at 7 pm instead of 7:30. (Top 25 Analogies) 3. Jake was stubborn. Trying to convince him that he was wrong was like trying to convince Republicans that women had rights; it just wouldn't work. 4. My laugh is deep and hearty, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up. (Top 25 Analogies) 5. Her eyes were like two brown circles with little black dots in them. (Bad High School Analogies) 6. My vocabulary is as bad as, like, whatever. (Top 25 Analogies) 7. Ninjas have the power to disappear unnoticed, the period after the Dr on a Dr Pepper can. (Bad High School Analogies) 8. His hard, angry manner provoked hatred and distrust like Jessica Alba provokes animalistic lust. 9. John and Mary had never met, like two hummingbirds who had also never met. (Top 25 Analogies) 10. Listening to my analogies is like having your ear canals raped by a man wearing a sandpaper condom. (Zero Punctuation)
A list of medical analogies can be found on this page: http://www.altoonafp.org/analogies.htm
You can find lists of analogies in books about writing, grammar, or rhetoric. Additionally, educational websites and resources often feature collections of analogies for different purposes such as education or entertainment.
euphony is to cacophony
hard is to easy as calm is to excited glove is to hand as paint is to wall
vociferous : sotto voce loud : soft
subterfuge:fugitive
One way of working out analogies is to compare one situation over another. A way to do this is to list the positive and negative factors of each situation.
Yes, we do analogies.
Explanatory analogies Rhetorical analogies Both A and B
summon : dimiss :: gather : disperse
The word analogies is the plural noun of analogies. A good sentence would be, the analogies between them were outrageous.
Resignation analogies