In my language is the same:
Brave like a lion
Wise as a owl
Sly as a fox
Subburney like a mule
Others:
- Economizer like a squirrel
- Faithful like a dog
- Dirty as a pig
- Sibylline like a serpent
- Slippery like a fish
- Slept like a marmot
- sings like a nightingale
- fragile like a canary