“The parents looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a scab. A scab is something you have to put up with until the time comes when you can pick it off and flick it away.” —Matilda, Roald Dahl
It's a metaphor comparing Matilda to a scab. The parents are just putting up with her until they can be done with her.
"He and Amanda and the suitcase were like a rock in a stream; the school-goers just flowed to the left and right around them." -Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee
A simile comparing the kids on a sidewalk to a rock in a stream.
“Happiness is a dandelion wisp floating through the air that I can’t catch.” —Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
A metaphor comparing happiness to dandelion fluff.
“But that was Rishi…he was like a pop song you thought you couldn’t stand, but found yourself humming in the shower anyway.” —Sandhya Menon, When Dimple Met Rishi
A simile comparing Rishi to a pop song that gets stuck in your head.
"The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light.” —Fault in Our Stars, John Green
A metaphor comparing the sun to a toddler refusing to go to bed. It won't get dark/go to bed.
“Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces.” ―Kill the Dead, Richard Kadrey
Metaphor comparing memories to bullets and how they affect you.
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Metaphor comparing Juliet to the sun.
"Finsterwald's backyard was a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs and footballs and Frisbees and model airplanes and one-way boomerangs." -Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee
A metaphor comparing the guy's backyard to a graveyard; a place where things never came back.
“The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer the sill of the world.” William Golding, Lord of the Flies
Metaphor comparing the sun to a drop of burning gold. It helps you picture what the setting sun looked like.
"Here's what they saw: a scraggly little kid jogging toward them, the soles of both sneakers hanging by their hinges and flopping open like dog tongues each time they came up from the pavement." -Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee
A simile comparing the bottom of sneakers to a dog tongue.
“His smile was as stiff as a frozen fish.” Raymond Chandler, “The Big Sleep”
A simile comparing a smile to frozen fish. It probably wasn't a warm friendly smile, but a menacing, cold smile.
"You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time" -Elvis Presley, Hound Dog
Metaphor comparing someone to a hound dog because they cry so much.
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