To go for the crudity . . .
She had eyes harder than what was in my pants.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
To go for the crudity . . .
She had eyes harder than what was in my pants.
Sigh.
"She had eyes harder than the Hope Diamond, and a history twice as cursed."
She had eyes harder than last year's fruitcake.
Nice one, Plei.
Thanks, Connie!
Sometimes, it's painfully obvious that I have a real addiction to mid-century pulp.
She had eyes harder than cheeks, softer than bone. What?
"She had eyes harder than the Hope Diamond, and a history twice as cursed."
Nice construction. Reminds me of the line in Ball of Fire describing a sore throat: "Red as the Daily Worker and twice as sore."
Plei wins.
She had eyes harder than the granite I was taking her for.
She had eyes harder than the granite I was taking her for.
Ouch. That's practically Xanthian.
Okay, leave off the "harder than" construction, and describe a crazy person in fandom using a Chandlerian simile.
She was nuttier than a pecan pie at Thanksgiving.
(No offense to Nutty.)