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Meanings of Irish bull in inglês

português
papo-furado

Obscene words for unacceptable behavior.

papo-furado
Usage of Irish bull in inglês
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The video shows an Irish bull awaiting slaughter in Lebanon.
The Irish Times
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If that were the case, it would an admirable example of an Irish bull!
Tales and Novels — Volume 04
3
It is the bull in the china shop-the Irish bull amongst the American china-dangerous, you know.
An American Politician: A Novel
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Northern Ireland is the matador's cape that is distracting the Irish bull from his real problem.
The Irish Times
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He was one of those half-witted geniuses who catch at the shadow of an Irish bull.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04
6
No; and that isn't an Irish bull, either.
The Rules of the Game
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The idea that we could involves the same absurdity as the Irish bull about the new boots.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
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After all, the best part of Altdorf, to make an Irish bull, lies outside of the village.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 / Germany, Austria-H...
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But that is an Irish bull-foryou must know that we have no night in the spirit world.
Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
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I was considering, that this is like what they would call an Irish bull, if I had said it.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04
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Listen to the Irish bull!
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
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The most interesting of these-readerswill excuse the Irish bull-isa monument that may be said never to have existed!
East of Paris: Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champa...
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RICHARDSON'S life of Picasso has left all contenders at the back of the queue, if that is not an Irish bull.
The Irish Times
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This type of tale, indeed, may be pretty fairly paralleled with the ordinary anecdote terminating in a repartee or an Irish bull.
Heretics
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Nobody in the office knew that Pearson's Magazine was falling into a stale Irish bull, which must be as old as St. Patrick.
Heretics
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From this period most probably dates the famous English sarcasm against Irish bulls.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
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