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trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of trust someone as far as one could throw them.
    • […] you shall not lose one shilling per annum by me.” “I'll trust you as far as I can fling a bull by the tail. […] 1856, Charles Reade, It is never too late to mend:
    • He won't trust the payer-on-the-nail as far as he could fling a bull by the tail. 1920, Apple (of Beauty and Discord), volume 1, page 190:
    • “I believe Horsfield's in favour of the scheme. How far would you trust that man?” Vane inquired. “About as far as I could fling a bull by the tail. […] 1911, Harold Bindloss, The Protector:

Forms

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trusts someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
trusted someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trusted someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail Tense=Past lexicographic
trusting someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

trust someone as far as one could throw them