kick like a mule

kick like a mule
kick like a mule & kick like a steer
to kick very hard. •

They say that ostriches will kick like a mule if you bother them.

Stay away from the back end of Tom's horse. It will kick like a steer when a stranger comes up.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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