Can you list some examples of figures of speech?

She is like a moonbeam on the waves.
They are fighting like cats and dogs.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.
I am so tired that my butt is dragging.
He is so old that one foot is in the grave.
I wouldn't do that in a million years.
She eats like a bird.
The pen is mightier than the sword.

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