ugly as bull-beef
Very ugly.
Animals · Muông thú 372
Buffaloes, cats, fish, and the creatures carrying our metaphors.
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watch and seals
A sheep’s head and pluck.
watch, chain, and seals
A sheep's head And pluck.
white feather
He has a white feather; he is a coward; an allusion to a game cock, where having a white feather is a proof he is not of the true game breed.
whore's bird
A debauched fellow, the largest of all birds. He sings more like a whore's bird than a canary bird; said of one who has a strong manly voice.
wild horses
nothing can stop or persuade someone
wild oats
Youthful pranks. A fast young man is said to be "sowing his WILD OATS."
wild rogues
Rogues trained up to stealing from their cradles.
willing tit
A free horse, or a coming girl.
wolf in the breast
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have the knack of counterfeiting extreme pain, pretending to have a small animal called a wolf in their breasts, which is continually gnawing them.
wolf in the stomach
A monstrous or canine appetite.
word on the street
Rumor or common belief about something