liken to

liken (someone or something) to (someone or something else)

To represent or describe someone or something as being very similar to someone or something else. People keep likening him to Ronald Reagan for his particular political positions. I was really able to visualize it better after my teacher likened the chemical reaction to a football play.

liken someone or something to someone or something

to compare someone or something to someone or something, concentrating on the similarities. He is strange. I can only liken him to an eccentric millionaire. The poet likened James to a living statue of Mercury.

See also: liken

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

be/have done with somebody/something
be in line with (someone or something)
better of
(someone or something) promises well
begin with
begin with (someone or something)
bird has flown, the
beware of
beware of (someone or something)
be rough on (someone or something)

References in classic literature

Now then, I said, I go to meet that which I liken to the greatest of the waves; yet shall the word be spoken, even though the wave break and drown me in laughter and dishonour; and do you mark my words.

Republic

A small but uncertain percentage of people have trouble recognizing melodies or playing music, a condition some researchers call dysmusia or amusia and liken to the reading disability dyslexia (SN: 11/25/00, p.

Scanning a brain that's out of tune. (Music)

Externally, the chutes emerge from the water in a way which the architects liken to 'mysterious fingers in search of light for prayer'.

Underwater Rituals: The extremely difficult problem of putting a mortuary in the middle of a housing estate has been approached with great thoughtfulness and tact, creating a building that is unassertive, yet dignified

Researchers recently confirmed that members of the tree family Dipterocarpaceae, common in Africa and Asia, grow in South America as well--a finding they liken to discovering, say, kangaroos in South America.

Old world tree has roots in new

词组	liken to
释义	liken to liken (someone or something) to (someone or something else) To represent or describe someone or something as being very similar to someone or something else. People keep likening him to Ronald Reagan for his particular political positions. I was really able to visualize it better after my teacher likened the chemical reaction to a football play. See also: liken, something Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. liken someone or something to someone or something to compare someone or something to someone or something, concentrating on the similarities. He is strange. I can only liken him to an eccentric millionaire. The poet likened James to a living statue of Mercury. See also: liken McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: be/have done with somebody/something be in line with (someone or something) better of (someone or something) promises well begin with begin with (someone or something) bird has flown, the beware of beware of (someone or something) be rough on (someone or something) References in classic literature Now then, I said, I go to meet that which I liken to the greatest of the waves; yet shall the word be spoken, even though the wave break and drown me in laughter and dishonour; and do you mark my words. Republic A small but uncertain percentage of people have trouble recognizing melodies or playing music, a condition some researchers call dysmusia or amusia and liken to the reading disability dyslexia (SN: 11/25/00, p. Scanning a brain that's out of tune. (Music) Externally, the chutes emerge from the water in a way which the architects liken to 'mysterious fingers in search of light for prayer'. Underwater Rituals: The extremely difficult problem of putting a mortuary in the middle of a housing estate has been approached with great thoughtfulness and tact, creating a building that is unassertive, yet dignified Researchers recently confirmed that members of the tree family Dipterocarpaceae, common in Africa and Asia, grow in South America as well--a finding they liken to discovering, say, kangaroos in South America. Old world tree has roots in new
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