like an oven

She’d only agreed to a cat because she’d said they were self-cleaning, like an oven.

“And if the power goes off, it’s going to be like an oven in there.”

It was a tiny space, dark and hot like an oven, with a ceiling that sloped down so you couldn’t stand up straight.

“The whole house feels like an oven. It’s like my skin is burning,” she said.

This helps explain why kids seem impervious to elements, and why it's always like an oven at your grandma's house.