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

Brisk

Brisk as a flea.
—Anonymous

Brisk as bees that settle on a summer rose’s petal.
—Charles Stuart Calverley

Brisk as a burger over a bottle.
—Austin Dobson

Brisk as a bottled ale.
—John Gay

Brisk as a cup of wine.
—Robert Greene

Brisk as a bird.
—William Hazlitt

Briskly as a revolving firework.
—Brander Matthews

Brisk as bank stock.
—Thomas Morton

As brisk as a bailiff.
—James Smith

Brisk as a snake in merry May.
—William Somerville

Brisk as a body louse.
—Jonathan Swift