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

Obedient

Obedient as the needle to the pole.
—Anonymous

Obedient as the yew to the tender’s will.
—Anonymous

Obedient as a puppet.
—George Meredith

Obedient as the scabbard.
—William Shakespeare