strong as an ox

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(as) strong as an ox

very strong (as) strong as a bull He's one of our best players – strong as an ox, with good speed and great hands.

Etymology: based on the idea that an ox (male cow) is a very strong animal

See also: strong

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He don't have to be curried, or fed, or watered, an' he's strong as an ox. The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context He'd have done it, too, and Gus knew it, for Marshall is as strong as an ox and Gus is only a midget of a man. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context "I guess he is--he's as strong as an ox, and active as a cat," said the other, determined he should pass. Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			string up strip strip away strip down strip down to strip for strip in strip of strip off strip to strive strive after strive against strive for strive to do strive toward stroke stroke ego stroke of genius stroll stroll around stroll through strong strong as a bull strong as a horse strong as an ox strong-arm tactics struggle struggle against struggle along struggle along under struggle for struggle on with struggle through struggle to do struggle to the death struggle with strum on strung strung out strut strut around strut in strut out of strut stuff stub stub out stub toe against stubborn stubborn as a mule stuck			stromuhr Stronazon Strond strong strong strong strong strong strong Strong Able Youth Speaking Out Strong acid Strong acid Strong acid Strong acid Strong Acid Cation Strong Acid Number Strong acids Strong ale strong algorithm Strong and Electroweak Matter Strong anthropic principle Strong anthropic principle Strong anthropic principle Strong Arm Strong Arm Steady Strong Arm Steady Gang strong arm tactics strong as a bull strong as a horse strong as a lion strong as an ox Strong authentication Strong Authentication Expert Group strong aversion Strong Axiom of Revealed Preferences strong axis Strong Bad Strong Bad E-Mails Strong bad email Strong Bad Mod Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil strong base Strong Base Anion Strong Base Number strong belief Strong Bi-Simulation-Based Strong Non-Deterministic Non-Interference Strong Black Woman strong breeze strong breeze Strong Built Mining Corporation Strong Cation Exchange strong causality condition Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities Strong Church–Turing thesis strong clay

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