YOU SAID:
That was smooth like sandpaper
INTO JAPANESE
それはサンドペーパーのように滑らかでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It was as smooth as sandpaper
INTO JAPANESE
それはサンドペーパーと同じくらい滑らかでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It was as smooth as sandpaper
That didn't even make that much sense in English.