2 Metaphors for thurlow

Now I honour Thurlow, Sir; Thurlow is a fine fellow; he fairly puts his mind to yours.'

He said to Mr. Murphy twenty years ago, "Thurlow is a man of such vigour of mind that I never knew I was to meet him, butI was going to tell a falsehood; I was going to say I was afraid of him, and that would not be true, for I was never afraid of any manbut I never knew that I was to meet Thurlow, but I knew I had something to encounter.

2 Metaphors for  thurlow