School: Achadh Mín, Dundalk (roll number 3407)
- Location:
- Aghameen, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Riada
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"You couldn't trust him as far as you would throw a bull by the tail"
"He is as crooked as a ram's horn."
"Don't let the cat out of the bag"
"If the cap fits you wear it."
"You can not squeeze blood from a turnip."
"You can not take feathers off a frog."
"It was "kind daddy" for him to be like that"
"It would take the cobwebs of your heart to be listening to him."
"All to one side like the town of Ballyvarry."
"He is drawing water to his own mill."
"She has a bee in her bonnet."
"In on one ear and out on the other."
"He is as cute as a fox."
"Giving a thing with one hand and taking it with the other."
"She was as happy as a fly in a bowl of sugar."
"Where there is muck there is luck."
"He was as healthy as a salmon."
"Pulling the devil by the tail."
I was on pins and needles
