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He could take the left horn .... Or, he could take the right horn.... Or he could go between the horns and deny that (there are only two choices). In addition to these three classical logical refutations there are some "illogical", rhetorical ones. Phædrus, being a rhetorician, had these available too. One may throw sand in the bull's eyes.
take the biscuit (UK) To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious: take (or grab) the bull by the horns: To deal bravely and decisively with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant situation; to deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it. [20] take the cake
Finally, Inanna demands, with threats, from her father the Bull of Heaven to kill Gilgamesh. The bull is released in Uruk, whose insatiable hunger destroys crops and rivers. Enkidu grabs the bull by his tail and Gilgamesh smashes its head. Finally they distribute the meat among the poor and transform the horns into cups for ointments for the Eanna.
Horns may cause injuries to handlers or other animals. Horned animals take up more space, causing issues at the feed bunk and during transportation. Horned animals may require specialized equipment, such as feeders and angulate crushes. In some breeds and in some individuals, horns may grow towards the head, eventually causing injury.
Horns from cattle, water buffalo, and sheep are all used for commercial button making, and of other species as well, on a local and non-commercial basis. Horn combs were common in the era before replacement by plastic, and are still made. Horn needle cases and other small boxes, particularly of water buffalo horn, are still made.
Here she was discovered by Dirce, who had come to celebrate a Bacchic festival; she ordered the two young men to tie Antiope to the horns of a wild bull. They were about to obey, when the old herdsman, who had brought them up, revealed his secret, and they carried out the punishment on Dirce instead, for cruel treatment of Antiope, their mother ...
The bull's rump and right hind leg is restrained by Mithras' right leg, which is almost fully extended. With his left hand, Mithras pulls back the head of the bull by the nostrils or the muzzle (never by the horns, [11] which – if at all represented – are short). In his right hand, Mithras usually holds a knife or short sword plunged into ...
Also from this valley comes the branch of the Rule Family whose name is now Turnbull. As the story is told, about 1315 in Selkirkshire, a giant named William Rule was on a hunting trip with King Robert the Bruce, when the king was attacked by a wild bison or bull. Grabbing it by the horns, Rule turned its head to one side and killed it.