Icicles hung like crystals from the roof.

Meaning: It's a poetic way of describing the beauty and fragility of icicles hanging from a roof.

Choice of Words: Icicles are pieces of ice that hang down from roofs or other structures during freezing weather. Hung means to be suspended from something. Like means similar to. Crystals are pieces of a mineral or other substance with a regular shape and flat sides. Roof is the top covering of a building. When you put them together, the sentence creates a picture of icicles hanging from the roof, resembling sparkling crystals.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The icicles hung like crystals from the roof.
• Icicles hung like crystals from the eaves.
• The icicles hung like crystals from the eaves.
• Icicles hang like crystals from the roof.
• The icicles hung from the roof like crystal chandeliers.
• Icicles hung, glittering on roof.
• Icicles hung from the roof.
• Icicles hang like crystals, sparkling in the sun.
• Icicles hung like crystal chandeliers from the eaves.
• Icicles hung like glass chandeliers.