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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