Yes, "nice as a cockroach" is a simile because it compares the quality of being "nice" to a cockroach using the word "as." Similes typically use "like" or "as" to draw comparisons, and in this case, the phrase suggests that the notion of being nice is as surprising or unexpected as associating a cockroach with something pleasant. This creates a vivid and somewhat humorous contrast.
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Simile. it uses as
It is not a simile!
No. A simile compares one thing to another. Therefore no one word by itself can be a simile and so the word "as" is not a simile. However the word "as" often forms part of a simile, for example: "he is as brave as a lion".
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It is not an idiom. When you see "as ___ as ___" you are dealing with a simile, and those are just comparisons between two things. "As nice as pie" would be very nice, because pie is a nice, tasty dessert.
A simile.
That is more of a simile because it is using "as" but it could be hyperbole. A better one would be, "She was so nice that everyone else seemed mean".
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The plural form of the noun cockroach is cockroaches.
The stages of developement in a cockroach are: Egg - nymph - adult cockroach
a baby cockroach is not called a small cockroach-it is called a nymph.
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A cockroach breathes from spiracles.