An old book of similes contains such gems as it’s easy as peeling a hardboiled egg and it’s as hard to shave as an egg. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Old-Fashioned Similes”
I’m plundering the old books again, Martha.
What else is new?
I found a book of similes from the 1800s.
Oh boy, you’ve been up all night.
Yeah, there’s some cool stuff in here.
They’re evocative.
Some of them are old-fashioned, but some of them still make a lot of sense.
Here, for example, are three about eggs.
Eggs, okay.
So as easy as peeling a hard-boiled egg, which actually doesn’t seem that easy to me.
I don’t find that easy.
Somebody thought it was easy.
It’s here in this book.
Maybe they knew how better in those days.
As hard to shave as an egg.
That one is hard, right?
I like that.
That’s difficult to do.
Yeah, hard to shave as an egg.
And this is my favorite of the three.
Difficult to grasp as the small end of an egg.
I’ll say.
Yeah, really hard to grasp a small end of an egg.
Yeah, with your hand anyway.
With your hand.
What do you use?
Calipers?
Thank you.
