Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Jump

Jumping about like a toad in a thunderstorm.
—Anonymous

Jumped at it like a trout at a May-fly.
—Anonymous

Jumped like a bird for a berry.
—Anonymous

Jump like Harlequin.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jumps, like a sole from the pan.
—Thomas Hood

Jumpy as a cat.
—Rudyard Kipling