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Looking for an alternative simile to...

mct1mct1
edited December 2008 in - Writing Problems
..."as long as your arm". One that isn't so cliched please.
"As long as..............."?

Any ideas much appreciated.

Comments

  • LolliLolli
    as long as it's broad??
    as long as a piece of string??
  • CarolCarol
    the supermarket queue when you only have five minutes!
    Sorry...
    What is it being used in- short story, novel etc?
  • heatherheather
    Also depends on market/genre.

    As long as Paris Hilton's Visa bill.
    As long as a stallion's (insert appropriate euphemism)
    As long as Rapunzel's hair
    As long as a phone call with my mother-in-law
    As long as a sumo wrestler's belt
    As long as a supermodel's legs
  • CarolCarol
    as long as false nails.
  • mct1mct1
    Actually, I quite like the supermarket queue one, Carol. It's for a magazine article which will (hopefully) amuse as well as inform. Could I say "As long as a Lidl checkout queue on Friday afternoon." (our branch only seems to employ one person at a time) or does that not match others' experience?

    Hmm, my phone calls with my ma-in-law don't tend to last long at all, Heather. They end at the first pause for breath with "I'll just get him for you". Good ideas though - you've all set my brain into gear now.

    Cheers
  • ClaudiaClaudia
    How about 'as long as a post office queue' instead of a named supermarket? Just a thought.
  • LolliLolli
    or: a post office queue on pension day
  • CarolCarol
    The supermarket named might not like aspersions on their efficency.
    I find that when you are in a rush for a bus, or only have fifteen minutes to rush in and get something that you need, that is when you hit queues, or the day when the computer end of the tills are playing up, or you are in the queue that looks short, but you're behind someone who rummages around for their money/credit card etc. We've all been there, haven't we? :)
  • LolliLolli
    you could use 'a supermarket queue before a bank holiday/on Christmas eve'
  • louiselouise
    Would your character use Lidl? My sister, for instance, is such a snob she saves all her M&S carrier bags to use in Tesco!

    As long as Mrs Jenkins' face.
    As long as a teenagers' "quick" phone call.
  • Stan2Stan2
    ^
  • MayaMaya
    What about "As long as the road to Tipperary"?
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