People said they heard what sounded like small bombs going off.

It was as if a small bomb had gone off inside his head.

"Mission Control has just dropped a small bomb on us."

It looks as if a small bomb blew up inside her head, which is rather much what happened.

But as if a small bomb had blown it off her face.

It felt and sounded like a small bomb of some sort.

A small bomb would be adequate to do the job.

A small bomb was set off in the car of one cousin.

Also, it is not clear how small a bomb the machine can find.

His words hit like small bombs around the conference table.