The example is funny, but should it maybe be completely un-complicated? I can't imagine seeing "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" as an example of a simile in a real dictionary.

I agree, it's not a typical simile. It should be something like: "her smile was like sunshine", "the tree was like a crooked old man". A simile is a direct comparison, I am not even sure if the example is one. In it, "like" means something like "to the same extent as...".Orlando098 (talk)22:34, 28 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

I agree and have changed the example to "her eyes were like stars".- -sche(discuss)23:50, 28 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Chambers 1908 also defines it as "something similar" and "similitude".Equinox◑16:19, 24 June 2019 (UTC)Reply