gentle as a lamb

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But Kelso, winner of an alltime record $1,977,896 before his retirement last March, was as gentle as a lamb.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the irony of it was that he was as gentle as a lamb.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

Then it will be Lavinia’s turn to be mad as a hornet—unless she discovers your clever scheme and, gentle as a lamb and sweet as a kitten, somehow persuades you to share.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Lamb, lam, n. the young of a sheep: the flesh of the young sheep: one innocent and gentle as a lamb: the Saviour of the world.—v.i. to bring forth young, as sheep.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

He is as gentle as a lamb, and can speak Hungarian like a native.

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór