No, that is not French for 'smile' - it is a Figure of Speech! Often when we make comparisons between two things of a different nature, to describe something, perhaps a person, a situation or an object.
For example, we could say, while describing a fight, " Henry fought like a tiger".
Another example would be "P.T. Usha ran like a gazelle"
These figures of speech are introduced in a sentence by the adverbs: like, so, as, as...as. These similés, aid the readers' imagination and every author of repute has used them at some time or the other.
For example, we could say, while describing a fight, " Henry fought like a tiger".
Another example would be "P.T. Usha ran like a gazelle"
These figures of speech are introduced in a sentence by the adverbs: like, so, as, as...as. These similés, aid the readers' imagination and every author of repute has used them at some time or the other.
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