There are many creative similes used in the book "Matilda" written by Roald Dahl. Here are some examples:
1) "The parents looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a scab. A scab is something you have to put up with until the time comes when you can pick it off and flick it away." (Pg 6)
2) "Her body was so slim and fragile one got the feeling that if she fell over she would smash into a thousand pieces, like a porcelain figure." (Pg 50)
3)"Miss Trunchbull never walked, she always marched like a storm-trooper with long strides and arms swinging." (Pg 51)
4) "... if a group of children happened to be in her path, she ploughed through them like a tank" (Pg 51)
5) "If you get on the wrong side of Miss Trunchbull, she can liquidize you like a carrot in a kitchen blender." (Pg 69)
6) "When at last the germ of a brilliant idea hit her, she began to expand on it and lay her plans with the same kind of care the Duke of Wellington had done before the Battle of Waterloo." (Pg 110)
7) "The boy was now so full of cake he was like a sackful of wet cement and you couldn't have hurt him with a sledge-hammer." (Pg 133)
