similes and figures of speech involving animals.

common similes and figures of speech involving animals.  

                                                     .  a memory like an elephant,

I could eat a horse,

 and I’m as innocent as a lamb

 and at times as sly as a fox.

 I’m as poor as a church mouse

 my wife and I fight like cats and dogs. 

Nothing about me is "human."Poor as a church mouse" is uncommon in the U.S.