lively simile from Dahl's "Rat Catcher"
"The word 'rats' came out of his mouth with a rich, fruity sound as if he was gargling with melted butter."
(Nota Bene: if a reader is here: please don't take these posts seriously, they are half-fiction, written for myself for an imaginary audience, and some are decades old, if I had time to go back and read them, I'd probably delete or modify most of them)
