things to use as the tail end of an analogy

[schadd_]

...like telling someone to use context clues

[hellbooks]

...like discussion questions at the end of a book

[hellbooks]

...like an ambulance at a gas station

[tris]

...like an empty playlist

[schadd_]

...like grabbing at your breast pocket and only finding a breast

[hellbooks]

...like car conversation with your mother

[schadd_]

...like turning off a CRT tv

[schadd_]

...like the random spots in the air where a bunch of gnats congregate

[Manoly01]

"Like finding a needle in a haystack."
"Like the final piece of a puzzle."

[Ythan]

[schadd_]

...like laughing at something meant as a satire of "this is the sort of thing people would laugh at"

[schadd_]

...like doing a good impression of someone who's also in the room

[schadd_]

...like the half-of-a-roll of a face of an apple which was just cut off

[JacksonVirgo]

…like if you ever had a dream that you, um, you had, your, you- you could, you’ll do, you- you wants, you, you could do so, you- you’ll do, you could- you, you want, you want him to do you so much you could do anything?

[hellbooks]

...like a movie about struggling actors

[Jake The Wolfie]

...like a nice, ripe aubergine early in the morning.

[light_ganski]

...like a light rainfall after a summers' day.

[Jake The Wolfie]

...like the last new person you'll ever meet.

[hellbooks]

...like a nice, ripe aubergine early in the morning.

really liked this one

[Psyche]

like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

[hellbooks]

One that i find gets used surprisingly often is ...like the grandparents in charlie and the chocolate factory

[Ythan]

I could use that to describe dating or marrying someone with essentially the same name as yourself, or a particular way of arranging objects in like a box (or on a bed), or

[Isis]

... like a song you are only familiar with by way of hearing the Weird Al version.

[Jake The Wolfie]

..like the way a rock doesn't emit light.

[ORAM]

...like a tango in the night