Similes

Mary cannot wait to finish her bubble tea.

Once she puts her lips to the straw, she sucks the tea up like ___________.

We thought we could depend on Eric since he was good at puzzles. However, he was like a (a)   .

Instead of helping us solve the puzzles, he asked more questions and slowed us down.

The new student came for only two music lessons but he managed to pick up the skills of someone who has played for three months, absorbing knowledge like ___________.

After one week, I felt that my home was like ___________ since we could only get food through the front gate and could not leave the house.

Hayyan had forgotten to throw the trash bag into the rubbish chute. Now, the whole kitchen smells like (a)   .