| KL I.v.15 | [Fool to Lear, of Regan] she's as like this as a crab's like an apple |
| LLL IV.ii.6 | [Holofernes to Nathaniel, of the pomewater] anon falleth like a crab on the face of terra, the soil |
| LLL V.ii.914 | [Hiems singing, of winter] When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl |
| MND II.i.48 | [Puck to Fairy] sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl / In very likeness of a roasted crab |
| Tem II.ii.164 | [Caliban to Stephano] let me bring thee where crabs grow [or: shellfish] |
| TS II.i.227 | [Katherina to Petruchio, of looking sour] It is my fashion when I see a crab [also: sour-faced person] |