43 Metaphors for bull

When I explained to the nurse that "The Bull and Bush" was a kind of cabaret she hastened from ward to ward to tell the men that after all the Englishman might have selected a worse spot to entertain his girl.

The eagle is the attendant of Vishnu, the bull of Siva, the goose of Brahma, the elephant of Indra, the tiger of Durga, the buffalo of Rama, the rat of Ganesh, the ram of Agni, the peacock of Kartikkeya, the parrot of Kama (the god of love), the fish, the tortoise and boar are incarnations of Vishnu, and the crocodile, cat, dog, crow, many trees, plants, stones, rivers and tanks are sacred.

This was simply a symbol of high authority; as the bull is monarch of the herd, so was he monarch among men.

John Bull is an Englishman in heart, and will remain so under whatever sun his lot of life may be cast; for, Coelum, non animum, mutant, qui trans mare currunt.

" "Colonel Bull, who had been sent by Governor Johnson to assist in laying out the town, and to describe to the people the manner of felling the trees, and of clearing, breaking up, and cultivating the ground, was a very efficient helper.

In vain did she declare that the bull of excommunication which Sixtus V had recently fulminated against the King of Navarre had been the cause of her retiring from his Court, her conscience not permitting her to share the roof of a prince under the ban of the Church.

There, O bull of the Bharata race, is another tirtha called Satasahasrika.

All this was learned and verified later when Bull was a legend.

And besides, the bull was a better fighter after thirty years of leadership than on the day he had gained the honour.

Didja know who Bull really was, Swing?...

Bull is likea cross between a son and a brother.

They have shown themselves for ages past in the character and conditions of the countries where it reigns, and now the Pope's foolish Bull is the signal for double-dealing and ingratitude among his spiritual subjectsand consequently for anger and intolerance among Protestantswrong, but not quite inexcusable.

That bull was puffin' on the seat of Shorty's trowsers and tossin' his horns and jest missin' Shorty by inches; and Shorty had his mouth so wide open hollerin' that you could have throwed a side of beef down his throat; and his eyes was buggin' out.

For this fight at Summit Springs General Carr and his command were complimented not only in General Orders, but received a vote of thanks from the Legislatures of Nebraska and Coloradoas Tall Bull and his Indians had long been a terror to the border settlementsand the resolutions of thanks were elegantly engrossed and sent to General Carr.

The Vandals, too conquered by the sword; and if it only depended on mere brute strength, wild bulls would be the greatest generals.

Mr. Bull, Room is raley a beautiful place.

Bull was my one best bet.

Bull was the speaker; but this time there was a silence, and the subject instantly dropped.

Such a bull in a china-shop in regard to literature was the late Mr. Gladstone.

To all the sea-gods Charles an offering owes: 120 A bull to thee, Portumnus, shall be slain, A lamb to you, ye Tempests of the main: For those loud storms that did against him roar, Have cast his shipwreck'd vessel on the shore.

BULL, OLE BORNEMANN, a celebrated violinist, born in Bergen, Norway, pupil of Paganini; was a wise man at making money, but a fool in spending it (1810-1880).

The Irish "bull" is a heroic and sometimes successful attempt to sit upon two stools at once, or, as an Irishman put it, "Englishmen often make 'bulls,' but the Irish 'bull' is always pregnant.

O, if Bull and Waterland had been first philosophers, and then divines, instead of being first, manacled, or say articled clerks of a guild;if the clear free intuition of the truth had led them to the Article, and not the Article to the defence of it as not having been proved to be false,how different would have been the result!

"What sort was it?" "A bull!"

Bull, the sixth boy in No. 7, was the only fainéant among them, though he did occasionally help to keep off the smaller fry.

43 Metaphors for  bull