She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.

Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.

He was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say 'when!'

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.