Example of a simile using quarantine in it

For People Who Are Picky With Food: Quarantine is as bad as a plain, disgusting dish of food.

For People Who Don't Like Being Captive: Quarantine is as horrible as being in jail for a long time.

For People Who Love Gardening: Quarantine is as nasty as a garden who withered away.

For People Who Need The Outdoors: Quarantine is as saddening as a rainy, cold day which you can't go outside.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.