533 Simile Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 34

Updated: Jun 12, 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.

331 Hey, you old war horse. You look terrific. Just like the lights of Broadway on a dark night.

Quote from Dead of Night (1945)

332 Oh, man! Live ones smell worse than the dead ones.

Kevin Bacon as Val in Tremors (1990)

333 If only your feet were as fast as your mouth.

Bob Hoskins as Boris Goosinov in Balto (1995)

334 What is it, Maxie? Why, you look like Santy Claus put a lump of coal in your stocking.

Bill Farmer as Goofy Goof; Goofy in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

335 Well, for heaven's sake, I don't care what you wear. If you wanna look like a pony in the circus, it's alright.

James Stewart as Alfred Kralik in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

336 Well, that's very nicely put. Yes, comparing my intellect with a cigarette lighter that doesn't work.

James Stewart as Alfred Kralik in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

337 And when she wanted to arouse a man's interest she treated him like a dog. -Yes, well, you treated me like a dog. -Yes, but instead of licking my hand, you barked.

James Stewart as Alfred Kralik; Margaret Sullavan as Klara Novak in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

338 Well, I feel like a goat being prepared for the sacrifice. -Baaa! -Now, that's a sheep.

Cary Grant as Johnny Case in Holiday (1938)

339 That's what's going to be hard to write. Love is the hardest thing in the world to write about. It's so simple. You've got to catch it through details... like the early morning sunlight hitting the gray tin of the rainspout in front of her house.

Ray Milland as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945)

340 Listen, I can pick an alky with one eye shut. You're an alky... You'll come back. They all do. Him, for instance, shows up every month, just like the gas bill.

Quote from The Lost Weekend (1945)