まるで-よう{に/な/だ}

Usage

This structure is sued to introduce a simile, I.e. to describe a thing, person, action, etc. By comparing it with a similar thing, person, action, etc まるで is an emphatic marker.

Examples

冬の間、カエルは、まるで死んだように動きません。 In winter time the frogs look like they are dead because they don't move.
まだ春なのに、今日はまるで夏のように暑い。 It's not spring yet, but today it's hot like in the summer.