No it is not a simile because it does not use the term like or as in its description. Were you to say patience is like an hourglass it would be a simile. The way you worded it makes it a metaphor.
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no, it is personification a simile is when a sentence has "like" or "as"
The plural of simile is similes.
Yes I think it is a simile
A simile.
The hourglass dolphin is called an hourglass dolphin because its black and white markings resemble an hourglass!
A metaphor
An hourglass was used as a timer, with the size of the hourglass determining the length of time it measured.
It is a simile.
As quick as a wink is a simile. ----
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simile its a simile when you use "like"
phantom hourglass is released in 2007.
glass+sand=hourglass
glass+sand=hourglass
sand + glass = hourglass