Icicles glittered like jewels on eaves.

Meaning: This means the icicles were hanging from the eaves and shining brightly, looking like precious jewels.

Choice of Words: Icicles are long, pointed pieces of ice that hang from roofs or other objects, and glittered means to shine brightly. Like is used to compare two things, and jewels are precious stones used in jewelry. Eaves are the lower edges of a roof that stick out from the wall. So, the sentence is saying that the icicles were hanging from the eaves and shining brightly, like jewels.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Icicles hung like crystal chandeliers from the eaves.
• Icicles hung like crystals from the eaves.
• The icicles hung like crystals from the eaves.
• Icicles hang from eaves, like sparkling chandeliers of ice.
• The icicles hung like sparkling chandeliers from the eaves of the house.
• Icicles hung from the eaves of the house.
• Icicles hung, crystal chandeliers from eaves.
• Icicles hung, eaves, sparkled, sun.
• Icicles sparkle, diamonds hanging from eaves.
• Icicles sparkled like jewels.