See Also: COMPATIBILITY, FIGHTING

1. About as far apart as an atheist and a born-again Christian —Anon
2. Acquiesced like an old man acquiescing in death —Wilfrid Sheed
3. (Nobody can be as) agreeable as an uninvited guest —Frank McKinney

   Humorists like McKinney are notable phrase converters. This simile may be a case in point, evolving from William Wordsworth’s sonnet To a Snowdrop which describes a flower bending its forehead “As if fearful to offend, like an unbidden guest.”

   See Also: BEHAVIOR

4. Agree like a finger and a thumb —Anon
5. Agree like two cats in a gutter —John Heywood’s Proverbs
6. Agree like cats and dogs —John Ray’s Proverbs

   This sarcastic twist to the more commonly used “Fight like cats and dogs” dates back to the nineteenth century.

7. Agree like pickpockets in a fair —John Ray’s Proverbs
8. Agree like the clocks of London —Richard Brinsley Sheridan
9. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife —The Holy Bible/Proverbs
10. As far apart as the atheists who claim there is no soul, and the Christian Scientists who declare there is no body —Anon
11. Co-operate about as much as two tomcats on a fence —Raymond Chandler
12. Far apart as the poles —Anon
13. Flock together in consent, like so many wild geese —William Shakespeare
14. Like the course of the heavenly bodies, harmony in national life is a resultant of the struggle between contending forces —Judge Louis D. Brandeis
15. Sentiments as equal as if weighed on a golden scale —Janet Flanner
16. We are made for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the row of the upper and lower teeth. To act against one another is contrary to nature —Marcus Aurelius