How to fill in the blanks?

Fill in the blanks as follows:

1. (Athletes run fast) (like cheetahs).

2. (The car is traveling as fast as the speed of light).

3. (Time flies) (like running water, coming and going in a hurry).

4. (As soon as she speaks, she speaks loudly, crisply, and fast) (like a machine gun).

5. (The weather is hot or cold like a joke, time flies) too (like a foreign language, prices rise like fireworks, stocks fall like no splash).

6. (Double Eleven rush to buy quickly) (like a chicken blood).