‘The butler was looking nervous, like Macbeth interviewing Lady Macbeth after one of her visits to the spare room.’

— Lord Emsworth and Others

‘The General’s eye was piercing him through and through, and every moment he felt more like a sheep that has had the misfortune to encounter a potted meat manufacturer.’

— Meet Mr Mulliner

‘He proposed to me, and I turned him down like a bedspread.’

— A Few Quick Ones

‘ “Hang it”, said Bill to himself in the cab.  “I will go to America!”  The exact words probably which Columbus had used talking things over with his wife.’

— Uneasy Money

‘Lord Hoddesdon felt a little like a tiger who has hoped for a cut off the joint and has been handed a cheese straw.’

— Big Money

‘A fruity voice like old tawny port made audible said “Come in”.’

— Something Fresh

‘He was a tall drooping man who looked as if he had been stuffed in a hurry by an incompetent taxidermist.’

— The Mating Season

‘Aunt calling to aunt, like mastodons bellowing across the primeval swamp.’

— Galahad at Blandings

‘Veronica Wedge was one of those girls who, if they have not plenty of precious stones on their person, feel nude.’

— The Code of the Woosters

‘As for Gussie Fink-Nottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming him on sight.’

— Right Ho, Jeeves