Book Thief figurative language

His hangover was visible. It heaved itself to his shoulders and sat there like a bag of wet cement.

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A pile of paper the height of a human stands casually by the door. It could easily be smoking.

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His beard was a ball and chain.

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Her wrinkles were like slander. Her voice was akin to a beating with a stick.

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His hangover was visible. It heaved itself to his shoulders and sat there like a bag of wet cement.

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Rudy and his sisters each tapped a different domino, and they watched them fall until the tower was brought to its knees.

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Behind him, a building groaned and tripped.

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She could argue with the entire world in that kitchen, and almost every evening she did.

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When a woman with an iron fist tells you to get out there and clean spit off the door you do it.

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Years ago, when they'd raced on a muddy field, Rudy was a hastily assembled set of bones, with a jagged, rocky smile.

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