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down, then the owners will probably get worried, and
may even have a cow. Instead they should be be
patient, and wait until the cows come home.
Expressions with the word bull reflect the aggres-
sive nature of this powerful animal. If you provoke
someone, it’s like waving a red flag at a bull. But if
you want to take control of a situation, you must take
the bull by the horns.
It’s no surprise that muscular people are probably
strong as a bull. A careless, clumsy person can be
compared to a bull in a china
shop. But everybody loves a bull
market!
Before sporting events, guys
and some gals like to shoot the
bull. When something is untrue
or ridiculous, then we can say
that it’s bull – a sanitized version
of bull plus a four-letter expletive.
Now let’s move over to our
ovine friends. A docile individual
who can easily be swayed is a
sheep. Someone who doesn’t
conform to social norms is a black
sheep. Counting sheep is an old
folk remedy for curing insomnia.
English abounds in phrases
with the word horse. If you’re
really hungry, you eat like a
horse. The Trojan horse, built by
the wily Greeks, precipitated the
fall of Troy. Today a Trojan
(horse) can cause havoc in your
computer.
When kids engage in frivolous
play, they are horsing around. A
dark horse is an unexpected win-
ner. When things turn out differ-
ently from what we expected, the
outcome is clearly a horse of a
different color. If you get advice
from people in the know, then it
definitely comes straight from the
horse’s mouth.
Accept a gift graciously, and
don’t look a gift horse in the
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