I’m writing an article for my local newspaper and I’m in fine-tune mode.
I want to create a picture of frenzied activity in a restaurant, and the line I have so far goes “Once inside, it’s busy and noisy, with waitstaff buzzing everywhere like (?)” I’ve tried “chickenhawks,” but that doesn’t fit. Neither does “Africanized bees.” It has to be something the waitstaff wouldn’t mind being compared to.
Can anyone point me to an online simile finder, where I might type in “as fast as” or something similar, and get a list of similes?
Or maybe come up with an appropriate one? If it’s good enough, I’ll use it. However, I only pay 1 cent/word
Don’t know about any similie look-up sites online but here’s what I could find. I know that it might not all be helpful, but it might get you on track.
A google search of ‘buzzing around like’ turns up some of the following:
-hummingbird
-aluminum death gnat
-huge green tiger beetles
-dragonflies
-overcaffeinated teens
-drunken mosquitos
-scooters at a Harley rally
-an epileptic slug
-an electric serpent
-bullets
-electrons in an atom
-planes at (insert name here) airport
-bees on a Tuesday
-bees on the ocean floor (?)
-a hive of drunken fireflies
-a large demented white chocolate button
-a caffeinated mouse
-little beavers
-crazed dodgem-cars
I LOVE “aluminum death gnat” but the editors would probably have something to say about that.
“Caffeinated” is a great adjective, although adding “fairies” might constitute plagiarism. However, if I changed it to “faeries” it might work . . . or leprechauns, even . . .
When the article comes out (sometime in April) I’ll post a link to it in this thread.
