literature Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/literature/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:50:05 +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 I fliggity-fits the mould like the gold that’s on my teeth-es https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2023 16:17:21 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1740 Das EFX's excellent simile use is slightly marred by their love of irritating nonsense words in our latest trip down simile lane.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/feed/ 0 I got more flavour than the packet in macaroni https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/#respond Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:55:01 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1631 I think it's time to discuss your philosophy of drug use as it relates to artistic endeavours: namely simile spotting.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-got-more-flavour-than-the-packet-in-macaroni/feed/ 0 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 She talk so big like she could fit Godzilla in her mouth https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/ https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/#comments Sun, 10 May 2020 14:04:34 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1024 Serial-killing gynaecologist Dr. Octagon is on the road and driving recklessly. Another good reason to stay at home.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/she-talk-so-big-like-she-could-fit-godzilla-in-her-mouth/feed/ 5 Begin like a violin end like Leviathan https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/ https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:36:16 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=800 Nas is like...well, all sorts of things. Find out what as we look at his 1994 classic It Ain't Hard To Tell.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/feed/ 9 More vice and gambling than Las Vegas, Nevada https://ihhsdb.com/more-vice-and-gambling-than-las-vegas-nevada/ https://ihhsdb.com/more-vice-and-gambling-than-las-vegas-nevada/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:24:50 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=714 Handsome Boy Modeling School take centre stage as we introduce a new law set to revolutionise the taxonomy of hip-hop similes.

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