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Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has a way with words. When testing the Bentley Continental GT, Clarkson didn’t see the point in having a lever on the dash to adjust its suspension. He said, “It really is about as useful as putting a snooze button on a smoke alarm.”
Similes can jazz up your story, and sarcastic similes are especially fun!
Set your timer for 15 minutes and see how many sarcastic or ironic similes you can create.
To get started, you might think of reading text that is as impassioned as junk mail, a person who is fierce as a kitten playing with a ball of yarn or a gadget that is as convenient as a suitcase without handles.