Don't feed the similies

"The ferocious Ms. Kendrick, her ponytail swinging like an ax, grabs every scene she’s in, which works for her go-getter (go-get-him) character... a presumed human-resources expert who, having come of age in front of a computer, has no grasp of the human." — The New York's Times's Manohla Dargis, reviewing Up In The Air

Ponytail swinging like an axe? She sashayed towards me, ponytail swinging like an axe, teeth glinting like disused telephone pylons, her eyes lit up like Sonar blips in an abyssal trench...