Arabic Similes Posted by aziza on Apr 13, 2018 in Culture, Vocabulary
A Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion) (dictionary.com)
In this post, I give some common similes in Arabic. Some of them are similar to English, while others are different.
Similes involving animals:
شجاع كالأسد
brave as a lion
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ماكر كالثعلب
sly as a fox
سريع كالحصان
Fast as a horse
غبي كالحمار
Stupid as a donkey
غادر كاذئب
Faithless as a wolf
بطئ كالسلحفاة
Slow as a tortoise
قوي كالثور
Strong as a bull
ضخم كالفيل
Big as an elephant
Similes involving natural phenomena:
جميل كالقمر
Beautiful as the moon
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بارد كالثلج
Cold as ice
واسع كالصحراء
Vast as desert
عميق كالبحر
Deep as sea
بعيد كالسماء
Far as the sky
Similes involving objects:
أبيض كالقطن
White as cotton
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أسود كالفحم
Black as coal
حلو كالسكر
Sweet as sugar
مرّ كالعلقم
Bitter as colocynth
Are these similes similar to the corresponding ones your language?
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Comments:
Fulan:
I like how you package the some of the useful day to day similes ,maybe now I can try to assemble a few political ,and romantic and comical ones,
Thanks
Fulan:
I like how you package the some of the useful day to day similes.
Fulan:
Good job.