Bud Not Buddy Figurative Language

"It was a piece of cake." page 199

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"I know Herman E Calloway was trying to work me like a dog." page 199

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"The Thug was...making it sound like a soft rain..." page200

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"Steady Eddie started snapping his fingers real soft...his toothpick jumping right along with his finger." page 200

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" He put his ax in his mouth and blew, but instead of the horn making music it seemed like Steady made it talk." page 200

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" he (Herman) was the thunder, soft and far away but getting closer..." page 201

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"then Dirty Deed would make the piano sound like water hitting big rocks..." page 202

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"Herman E. Calloway and the Thug kept everything moving by making the drums and the giant fiddle pound out a soft, steady beat like someone's heart turned way up loud." page 202

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"while the rest of the band was being a storm, she was the sun busting through thick, gray clouds." page 202

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"Every once in a while, Mr. Jimmy's trumpet would come in and put his two cents' worth in..."

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