Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Yawn

Yawned much as a bored tiger does in the face of a philosophical student of savage manners in the zoölogical gardens.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Yawns like a grave in a cemetery.
—Victor Hugo

Yawn’d like a gash on warrior’s breast.
—Sir Walter Scott

Yawn and stretch like a greyhound by the fireside.
—Sir John Vanbrugh