be as mad as a hornet

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You'll be as mad as a hornet when I tell you, it's that simple; and for the life of me I can't understand why you don't already know it. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context	be as cute as a button be as daft as a brush be as dead as a dodo be as dead as a doornail be as deaf as a post be as dry as a bone be as dull as dishwater be as easy as abc be as easy as falling off a log be as easy as pie be as fit as a fiddle be as flat as a pancake be as fresh as a daisy be as full as a boot be as gentle as a lamb be as good as gold be as good as new be as good as word be as happy as Larry sandboy be as hard as nails be as high as a kite be as honest as the day be as keen as mustard be as light as a feather be as mad as a hatter be as mad as a hornet be as mad as a March hare be as nice as pie be as nutty as a fruitcake be as old as Methuselah be as old as the hills be as plain as the nose on your face be as pleased as Punch be as poor as church mice be as pure as the driven snow be as quiet as a mouse be as regular as clockwork be as right as rain be as safe as houses be as scarce as hen's teeth be as sharp as a tack be as sick as a dog be as sick as a parrot be as silent as the grave be as slippery as an eel be as snug as a bug in a rug be as sober as a judge be as solid as a rock be as sound as a bell be as sound as a dollar be as stiff as a board	be as easy as rolling off a log be as easy as taking candy from a baby be as fit as a fiddle be as fit as a flea be as flat as a pancake be as fresh as a daisy be as full as a boot be as full as a tick be as funny as a barrel of monkeys be as gentle as a lamb be as good as gold be as good as new be as good as word be as good as word be as good as word be as good as word be as good as word be as happy as a clam be as happy as a sandboy be as happy as Larry sandboy be as hard as nails be as high as a kite be as honest as the day be as interesting as watching grass grow be as interesting as watching paint dry be as keen as mustard be as light as a feather be as mad as a hatter be as mad as a hornet be as mad as a March hare be as nice as pie be as nutty as a fruitcake be as old as Methuselah be as old as the hills be as plain as day be as plain as the nose on your face be as pleased as Punch be as poor as church mice be as pure as the driven snow be as quiet as a mouse be as regular as clockwork be as right as rain be as safe as houses be as scarce as hen's teeth be as sharp as a tack be as sick as a dog be as sick as a parrot be as silent as the grave be as slippery as an eel be as snug as a bug in a rug be as sober as a judge be as solid as a rock be as sound as a bell

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You'll be as mad as a hornet when I tell you, it's that simple; and for the life of me I can't understand why you don't already know it.

Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context

be as cute as a button

be as daft as a brush

be as dead as a dodo

be as dead as a doornail

be as deaf as a post

be as dry as a bone

be as dull as dishwater

be as easy as abc

be as easy as falling off a log

be as easy as pie

be as fit as a fiddle

be as flat as a pancake

be as fresh as a daisy

be as full as a boot

be as gentle as a lamb

be as good as gold

be as good as new

be as good as word

be as happy as Larry sandboy

be as hard as nails

be as high as a kite

be as honest as the day

be as keen as mustard

be as light as a feather

be as mad as a hatter

be as mad as a hornet

be as mad as a March hare

be as nice as pie

be as nutty as a fruitcake

be as old as Methuselah

be as old as the hills

be as plain as the nose on your face

be as pleased as Punch

be as poor as church mice

be as pure as the driven snow

be as quiet as a mouse

be as regular as clockwork

be as right as rain

be as safe as houses

be as scarce as hen's teeth

be as sharp as a tack

be as sick as a dog

be as sick as a parrot

be as silent as the grave

be as slippery as an eel

be as snug as a bug in a rug

be as sober as a judge

be as solid as a rock

be as sound as a bell

be as sound as a dollar

be as stiff as a board

be as easy as rolling off a log
be as easy as taking candy from a baby
be as fit as a fiddle
be as fit as a flea
be as flat as a pancake
be as fresh as a daisy
be as full as a boot
be as full as a tick
be as funny as a barrel of monkeys
be as gentle as a lamb
be as good as gold
be as good as new
be as good as word
be as good as word
be as good as word
be as good as word
be as good as word
be as happy as a clam
be as happy as a sandboy
be as happy as Larry sandboy
be as hard as nails
be as high as a kite
be as honest as the day
be as interesting as watching grass grow
be as interesting as watching paint dry
be as keen as mustard
be as light as a feather
be as mad as a hatter

be as mad as a hornet

be as mad as a March hare
be as nice as pie
be as nutty as a fruitcake
be as old as Methuselah
be as old as the hills
be as plain as day
be as plain as the nose on your face
be as pleased as Punch
be as poor as church mice
be as pure as the driven snow
be as quiet as a mouse
be as regular as clockwork
be as right as rain
be as safe as houses
be as scarce as hen's teeth
be as sharp as a tack
be as sick as a dog
be as sick as a parrot
be as silent as the grave
be as slippery as an eel
be as snug as a bug in a rug
be as sober as a judge
be as solid as a rock
be as sound as a bell

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