YOU SAID:
This bold man is red as a tomato
INTO JAPANESE
この大胆な男がトマトのように赤い
BACK INTO ENGLISH
This bold man was as red as a tomato
INTO JAPANESE
この大胆な男はトマトのように赤い
BACK INTO ENGLISH
This bold man was as red as a tomato
That didn't even make that much sense in English.