Here are a few examples:
- "Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?" (simile comparing the subject's former wealth and generosity to throwing a dime to a beggar)
- "When you asked for the key to the street, it made me feel so sad and beat" (simile comparing the feeling of being asked to leave a place to feeling sad and defeated)
- "Then you started talkin' loud, and I felt so proud 'cause I thought you were going to shout" (simile comparing the speaker's pride in the subject to feeling like they were going to shout)
- "Like a snowball just a-growin'" (simile comparing the growth of something to a snowball growing)