Maybe you're gonna be the one who saves me

[venta]

In between courageous attempts[*] to get the whole tube carriage to join in singing Wonderwall late on Saturday night, a somewhat inebriated bloke drew Cathy and I into a conversation. We were required to solve an argument that he and his mate had apparently been having all day. As it turned out, we agreed with his take on things - but his mate steadfastly refused to be convinced.

So, since this it the only true way to settle an argument:

[Poll #1026597]

Please show your working in the comments.

[*] More successful than you might think. He found one other equally enthusiastic person and they got through at least two verses before they ran out of words. At one point, stopped at a station, they even got a benchful of people on the platform to join in.

Comments

[ringbark.livejournal.com]

Does it contain "as" or "like"?
Yes.
So it's a simile.
As easy as pie.

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Can't put it any better than that; glad to see that I'm not alone in thinking that "as" creates similes as efficiently as "like".

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

The "as" or "like" rule is what I was taught at some early stage of school.

But as almost everything else I was taught then has subsequently been revealed as massively over-simplified or else just plain wrong, it wouldn't surprise me much if this was too.

Reconciling the messages of these two entries is left as an exercise for the reader:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile#Simile_vs_metaphor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor#Metaphor_and_Simile