Vehicles, Operation of

Vehicles, Operation of

 
  1. Drive like a nursemaid with a pramful of kids —Calder Willingham
  2. Drove as if he were handling a hearse —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker
  3. Drove silently, like a silent wind —Elizabeth Spencer
  4. (Pulled out into traffic, his) engine cooking like grease on a cheap griddle —Loren D. Estleman
  5. He [driver of car] took the curves like a bird —Erich Maria Remarque
  6. Keeps that engine purrin’ like a whore on a hundred-dollar date —John Farris
  7. Touchdown [of airplane] was as smooth as arriving at the ground floor in a lift —Donald Seaman