He died roaring like Doran's bull.
A person restless, uneasy, fidgety, and impatient for the time being, is 'like a hen on a hot griddle.'
Of a scapegrace it is said he is past grace like a limeburner's brogue (shoe). The point will be caught up when it is remembered that grease is pronounced grace in Ireland.
You're as blind as a bat.
When a person is boastful—magnifies all his belongings—'all his geese are swans.'
She has a tongue that would clip a hedge. The tongue of another would clip clouts (cut rags). (Ulster.)
He went as fast as hops. When a fellow is hopping along on one leg, he has to go fast, without stopping.
Of a coarse ill-mannered man who uses unmannerly language:—'What could you expect from a pig but a grunt.' (Carlow.)
A person who seems to be getting smaller is growing down like a cow's tail.
Of a wiry muscular active man people say 'he's as hard as nails.'
A person who acts inconsiderately and rudely without any restraint and without respect for others, is 'like a bull in a china shop.'
Of a clever artful schemer: 'If he didn't go to school he met the scholars.'
An active energetic person is 'all alive like a bag of fleas.'
That man knows no more about farming than a cow knows of a holiday.
A tall large woman:—'That's a fine doorful of a woman.' (MacCall: Wexford.)
