536 Simile Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 28

Updated: Aug 18, 2026

A selection of simile quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

271 Buddy boy, I never could see nothing special about no oysters. It's like eating a clammy handshake.

Frank Sinatra as Rocky Fortune in Rocky Fortune

272 Even in my weak condition, I can appreciate that she's got more curves than the Jersey Turnpike.

Frank Sinatra as Rocky Fortune in Rocky Fortune

273 You told me I was strong as an ox. -Well, even an ox dies.

John Wayne as J.B. Books; James Stewart as Dr. Hostetler in The Shootist

274 Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable.

Lesley Ann Warren as Miss Scarlet in Clue (1985)

275 You're like a song the girls of Provence sing on May Day. And like the dancing in Normandy on May Day. And like the wine in Burgundy on May Day.

Quote from Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

276 Maybe you're right. He likes the job he's got. If he left the sewer, he'd be like a fish out of water.

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners (1955)

277 I am the only girl in town with an atomic kitchen. This place looks like Yucca Flats after the blast.

Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden in The Honeymooners (1955)

278 What are you doing? -Preparing for hyperspace. It's rather unpleasantly like being drunk.

David Dixon as Ford Prefect in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

279 There's no question in my mind that he does exist. Just like love, I know he's there, waiting to be missed.

Mickey Rooney as Santa Claus in The Year Without a Santa Claus

280 You've gotta learn how to smile. Smile! You've got a smile like a sick pumpkin.

Pamelyn Ferdin as Lucy Van Pelt in A Boy Named Charlie Brown