red rag to a bull

Well this article was like a red rag to a bull.

Clearly, it's a red rag to a bull for anyone with half an imagination.

Defeat to an Australian is like a red rag to a bull.

Naturally this was like a red rag to a bull and I refused to even consider such a course of action.

The word "ascendency" seemed to act like a red rag to a bull.

A clean, stiff collar was to Billy as a red rag to a bull.

"For me, it's like a red rag to a bull.

You'd be like a red rag to a bull if Tonnerre caught sight of you."

"Red rag to a bull, saying dare to me.

That was a red rag to a bull, especially one called Sheila Hancock.

"like a red rag to a bull" (to cause someone to be enraged)

Any suspicion of impropriety was to Elizabeth-Jane like a red rag to a bull.

'Borrow it,' Anna said, beside herself, not caring if the remark were a red rag to a bull.

But she knew his presence would be like a red rag to a bull so far as Granny McNamara was concerned.

And when one made it to the centre circle and started his own sit-in, to Speedie that was like a red rag to a bull.

Such developments were, for Draper, red rag to a bull - hence his recourse to history for the counterattack.

There are other bright coloured buildings to be seen in Newhnam, but for some neighbours, the pink pub is like a red rag to a bull.

Red Rag to a Bull!

"Red rag to a bull," Jaffe said, his head spinning from the effort of rising, "-saying dare to me.

It was a symbol of the village's allegiance to the revolution, but to the Comte it was like a red rag to a bull.

Being asked to stay away from her as she struggled to cope with fame was, he claims, "like a red rag to a bull at the Daily Star".

I am aware that the word federation is like waving a red rag to a bull for many in Britain, but I know of no other word."

Chocolate is a sweet seduction; for some it is a sin, for the European Union it is a red rag to a bull.

"She's like a red rag to a bull for me," Egbert says during a drunken family dinner, just before he charges at Julie, tackling her to the floor.

"For him, the name of Shulamit Aloni was like a red rag to a bull," Mr. Friedman said, referring to the Meretz leader.