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

Up

Up and down like a bucket in a well.
—Anonymous

Up like a lark in the air.
—Richard Harvey

Up and down like a milk punch in the shaker.
—O. Henry

Up and down, like a chicken drinking.
—Leigh Hunt

Went up as the smoke of a furnace.
—Old Testament