Similes for the book taming of the shrew?

Simile is a figure of speech used as a comparison and similarity tool. In comparison to metaphors, similes are made with the help of "as" or "like". The simile examples from the book are:

Say thou wilt course, thy greyhounds are as swift

As breathed stags, ay, fleeter than the roe.

The lines describes the greyhounds like breathed stags and fleeter than the roe.

And till the tears that she hath shed for thee

Like envious floods o'errun her lovely face...

In these lines, the tears are compared to floods.  

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.