About a deceiving person, or somebody that you can’t trust, you might say: “I wouldn’t trust him any further than I could ________.” [Early QRs (as V3b): About a thoroughly dishonest person.., “I wouldn’t trust him any further/farther than….”]
| NR | 201 |
| THROW HIM | 192 |
| THROW A BULL BY THE TAIL | 177 |
| SEE HIM | 157 |
| SEE | 50 |
| THROW A STONE | 24 |
| THROW A ROCK | 23 |
| SPIT | 21 |
| THROW A CAT BY THE TAIL | 20 |
| THROW A CAT | 19 |
| THROW A STICK | 18 |
| THROW AN ELEPHANT | 13 |
| THROW A MULE BY THE TAIL | 9 |
| THROW AN ELEPHANT BY THE TAIL | 9 |
| THROW A MULE | 8 |
| THROW A BULL | 6 |
| THROW A HOUSE | 6 |
| THROW A PIANO | 6 |
| THROW SOMETHING | 6 |
| SHAKE A STICK | 5 |
| THROW A COW | 5 |
| THROW A COW BY THE TAIL | 5 |
| THROW A HORSE | 5 |
| THROW | 4 |
| THROW A DOG BY THE TAIL | 4 |
| THROW A BRICK | 3 |
| THROW A BULL BY THE HORNS | 3 |
| THROW A GRAND PIANO | 3 |
| NO FURTHER THAN I COULD SEE THEM | 2 |
| REACH | 2 |
| THROW A BALL | 2 |
| THROW A FEATHER | 2 |
| THROW A PIG | 2 |
| THROW AN OX | 2 |
| THROW HIM A BULL BY THE TAIL | 2 |
| THROW HIM BY THE TAIL | 2 |
| THROW MY HAT | 2 |
| THROW THAT ROCK | 2 |
| THROW THIS BUILDING | 2 |
| A BULL | 1 |
| ANY FARTHER THAN ACROSS THE STREET | 1 |
| ANY FARTHER THAN AN EYE CAN SEE | 1 |
| ANY FARTHER THAN I COULD THROW HIM | 1 |
| ANY FARTHER THAN MY NOSE | 1 |
| ANY FARTHER THAN THE END OF MY NOSE | 1 |
| ANY FURTHER THAN A SNAKE | 1 |
| ANY FURTHER THAN A TEN-FOOT POLE | 1 |
| ANY LONGER THAN A SNOWBALL WOULD LAST IN HELL | 1 |
| ANY MORE THAN I COULD SPIT | 1 |
| ANY MORE THAN I COULD THROW A BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| AS FAR AS I COULD THROW HIM | 1 |
| AS FAR AS YOU COULD THROW A BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| FARTHER THAN I CAN SEE | 1 |
| FLY TO THE MOON | 1 |
| FURTHER AS I COULD THROW A ROCK | 1 |
| FURTHER THAN I’D SEE THEM | 1 |
| FURTHER THAN PURE DOGROOT | 1 |
| KICK AN ANVIL | 1 |
| KICK HIM | 1 |
| NO FARTHER THAN I COULD THROW A BULL | 1 |
| NO FARTHER THAN I COULD THROW A BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| NO FURTHER THAN I COULD THROW A BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| NO FURTHER THAN I COULD THROW A MULE BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| NO FURTHER THAN I COULD THROW HIM | 1 |
| PICK UP A CALF AND THROW HIM | 1 |
| PITCH THAT CAR WITH ONE HAND | 1 |
| REACH HIM | 1 |
| SEE AROUND A CORNER | 1 |
| SEE BEYOND MY NOSE | 1 |
| SEE WHAT HE’S DOING | 1 |
| SHAKE A BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| SLING A BULL | 1 |
| SLING A BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| SLING A CAT | 1 |
| SLING A CAT BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| SLING HIM | 1 |
| SWING A CAT | 1 |
| SWING A TIGER BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A BANK | 1 |
| THROW A BARN | 1 |
| THROW A BEAR BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A BIG BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A BRICK BUILDING | 1 |
| THROW A BUILDING | 1 |
| THROW A BULL BY HIS TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A BULL BY ITS TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A BULL OVER MY SHOULDER | 1 |
| THROW A CAT BY HIS TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A CHURCH | 1 |
| THROW A DEAD BULL | 1 |
| THROW A DEAD COW BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A DIME | 1 |
| THROW A DOLLAR | 1 |
| THROW A ELEPHANT | 1 |
| THROW A GREASY MULE BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A HALF DOLLAR | 1 |
| THROW A HAT | 1 |
| THROW A HORSE BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A LION BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A LOCOMOTIVE | 1 |
| THROW A MONKEY BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A PEANUT SHELL BEHIND A PENNY | 1 |
| THROW A POLECAT | 1 |
| THROW A SAFE | 1 |
| THROW A SHIP | 1 |
| THROW A STEER | 1 |
| THROW A STUMP | 1 |
| THROW A TEN-FOOT POLE | 1 |
| THROW A TON BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW A TON O’ BRICK | 1 |
| THROW AN AUTOMOBILE | 1 |
| THROW AN ELEPHANT BY HIS TAIL | 1 |
| THROW HIM A CAT | 1 |
| THROW HIM AROUND THE CORNER | 1 |
| THROW HIM BY THE HEEL | 1 |
| “THROW HIM, AND I CAN’T EVEN PICK HIM UP” | 1 |
| THROW SOMETHING BIG | 1 |
| THROW THAT CHAIR | 1 |
| THROW THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE | 1 |
| THROW THE BUILDING | 1 |
| THROW THE BULL BY THE TAIL | 1 |
| THROW THE KITCHEN STOVE | 1 |
| THROW THE STOVE | 1 |
| THROW THIS HOUSE | 1 |
| THROW WATER | 1 |
| THROW YOU | 1 |
| THROW YOUR HAT | 1 |
| THROW… | 1 |
| TOUCH HIM | 1 |
| WALK | 1 |
| WALK IN THE WATER | 1 |
| WALK ON THE WATER | 1 |
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