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What figure of speech is the example It was like looking for a needle in a hay stack?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 10/23/2022

"It was like looking for a needle in a hay stack" is an example of a simile. A simile uses "like" or "as" to describe a situation, event, personality. Other examples of similes are:

He is as slow as molasses in January.
She could run like the wind.
It's as hot as a furnace.
He goes through money like there's a hole in his pocket.

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