household objects Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/household-objects/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:52:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Overdue like a library book https://ihhsdb.com/overdue-like-a-library-book/ https://ihhsdb.com/overdue-like-a-library-book/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:45:52 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1784 We return after a year off to a pretty bog-standard track with only 10 similes. Don't say I never treat you well.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/overdue-like-a-library-book/feed/ 1 Their lips look like crispy bacon https://ihhsdb.com/their-lips-look-like-crispy-bacon/ https://ihhsdb.com/their-lips-look-like-crispy-bacon/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:05:17 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1709 It's time to see how the West Midlands’ diss track whizz kid likes to throw down similes.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/their-lips-look-like-crispy-bacon/feed/ 2 I blow like a missile https://ihhsdb.com/i-blow-like-a-missile/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-blow-like-a-missile/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:31:44 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1652 Trevor, Barry and Shamele are here to throw some disappointingly average similes at you in this archetype of hip-hop simile.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-blow-like-a-missile/feed/ 1 Ya fallin’ off like Paul Daniels’ wiggy hair https://ihhsdb.com/ya-fallin-off-like-paul-daniels-wiggy-hair/ https://ihhsdb.com/ya-fallin-off-like-paul-daniels-wiggy-hair/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:29:52 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1512 Back to the UK and looking at the similes in the second part of Jehst's Trilogy that's not a trilogy.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/ya-fallin-off-like-paul-daniels-wiggy-hair/feed/ 4 If I lie my nose will grow like a little wooden boy named Pinocchio https://ihhsdb.com/if-i-lie-my-nose-will-grow-like-a-little-wooden-boy-named-pinocchio/ https://ihhsdb.com/if-i-lie-my-nose-will-grow-like-a-little-wooden-boy-named-pinocchio/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2021 19:28:55 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1480 Who sells sea shells on the sea shore? It's Run-DMC, picking a peck of pickled similes in 80s classic Peter Piper.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/if-i-lie-my-nose-will-grow-like-a-little-wooden-boy-named-pinocchio/feed/ 2 The flow’s mad jazzy like Dizzy Gillespie https://ihhsdb.com/the-flows-mad-jazzy-like-dizzy-gillespie/ https://ihhsdb.com/the-flows-mad-jazzy-like-dizzy-gillespie/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:14:48 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1384 With Jeru the Damaja as our guide, we explore the very fabric of what is and isn't hip-hop in this simile-laden track

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/the-flows-mad-jazzy-like-dizzy-gillespie/feed/ 1 I got lungs like a vacuum https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:28:28 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1135 Ugly Duckling take centre stage and show us why they are the beautiful swan of the hip-hop simile world.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-lungs-like-a-vacuum/feed/ 5 Pullin’ out rhymes like books off the shelf https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/ https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:55:31 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=530 Bones are really hard. Discover this, and other underwhelming facts, as we dive into Young MC's 1989 hit Know How to hunt for the juiciest similes.

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