Yes, there is a simile in "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett. An example of a simile from the book is "Blue as a bruise" used to describe a character's eyes.
Yes, "blue eyes like sapphire" is a simile because it compares the blue eyes to sapphires using the word "like." This comparison helps create a vivid image in the reader's mind.
That is definitely a metaphor :)
Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. His eyes were dark as coal. She had blue eyes like a pool. Her eyes sparkled like the stars above.
No. If anything that is an idiom. A simile is a comparison of two things using words like "like" or "as". An example of a simile is "Her eyes are as blue as the sky".
pablo inhaled and closed his eyes. rewrite as a simile
Pupils
Eyes like two pieces of pale blue-green ice.
it is a simile because it has Like in it.
metaphor
as sensitive as mirror
Her eyes were the sea.