Containing Metaphorical Elements

lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)/fig. to spend money like water/extravagant

irrefutable evidence

lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)/fig. avaricious/tightfisted

steady as Mt Tai/as safe as houses

front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)/a place with many visitors

as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner/frigid

lit. like thunder piercing the ear/a well-known reputation (idiom)

lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped/reticent/not breathing a word

vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)