| 单词 | Irish bull |
| 例句 | Mr. Seddon," said the Professor, "be so good as to keep your Irish bulls in the background. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z So, also, the impossibility in plausibility which tickles the fancy in Irish bulls, and in wild exaggerations, leaves an uncomfortable impression, a certain aftertaste of foolishness. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory These were the original Irish bulls, we suppose. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 Ah, yes, the herr is right, they were Irish bulls; but I do not quite know. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps Irish bulls, as it has been said of constitutions, "are not made—they grow," and that only in their own native soil. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Some of them are still current with us as typical Irish bulls. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers This is the truth about mystical dogmas and the truth about Irish bulls; it is also the truth about the paradoxes of Bernard Shaw. George Bernard Shaw For much as we have all heard and talked of Irish bulls, it has never yet been decided what it is that constitutes a bull. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Why, all these Irish bulls are Greek,—every one of them. Public Speaking He was telling the most outrageous of Irish stories, and making, on purpose, the most outrageous of Irish bulls. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn A celebrity to whom many Irish bulls have been accredited was Sir Boyle Roche. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Of the same nature are Irish bulls; they are summaries which are too true to be consistent. George Bernard Shaw You need not say Irish bulls with such emphasis; for bulls are not peculiar to Ireland. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 As we have not hitherto been successful in finding original Irish bulls in language, we must now look for them in conduct. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Much of the comic effect of Irish bulls, or of such speeches as are mistaken for bulls, has depended upon the tone, or brogue, as it is called, with which they are uttered. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Irishman.—"But even when we escape Irish brogue, we cannot escape Irish bulls." Tales and Novels — Volume 04 The Irish make Irish bulls for the same reason that they accept Papal bulls. George Bernard Shaw |
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