A great ox stands on my tongue. From LearnThat.org. [Aeschylus (525-456 BC), Greek tragic poet, from Agamemnon.]
Well, in Old English, "ox" would be declined using weak declension, rendering the plural case as "oxen". From Wordnik.com. [OSNews] Reference
I guess it only matters whose ox is getting gored. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Assessing the Chrysler Bankruptcy] Reference
It all depends on whose ox is being gored, I guess. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion, Anti-Discrimination Law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964] Reference
Who's telling the story and who's ox is being gored?. From Wordnik.com. [Scandals] Reference
What we called the ox-flies were the most troublesome. From Wordnik.com. [The Bark Covered House]
Politics: its always whose ox is being gored (almost). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » President Ron Paul?] Reference
Everything seems to depend on who's ox is getting gored. From Wordnik.com. [Obama set to hold twice-delayed immigration meeting] Reference
Pilot carried to camp I have moved to the Hanoi in ox-cart Hilton. From Wordnik.com. [Pilots in Pajamas - Part 10] Reference
There must be a beginning, else would we still be jolting in ox carts. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
People only care about what happens to them "It all depends on whose ox is gored.". From Wordnik.com. [White House launches health care 'reality check' Web site] Reference
It often depends on who's ox is going to be gored, and how much it's going to cost. From Wordnik.com. [Environmental Popularity Contest] Reference
Could it be that you guys like the broken windows theory until your ox is being gored?. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Pressure Building For More Seattle Cops] Reference
At that level, the mere power to go on working like an ox is about the only virtue attainable. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
The patient ox is the emblem of the second living creature who, at the opening of this seal, saith, "Come.". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
I believe it was my Property professor who repeatedly pointed out that it always depends on whose ox is beinggored. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » What Are the Chances that the Courts Will Strike Down the Individual Mandate?] Reference
Second, I think in any such argument it's always useful to ask "whose ox is being gored?" and to "follow the money.". From Wordnik.com. [TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley] Reference
OrenwithanE says it best: “like liberals, conservatives only care about free speech when their ox is beinggored.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Life Speech “Upsetting” and “Not OK” for the Duke University Women’s Center] Reference
OrenwithanE says it best: “like liberals, conservatives only care about free speech when their ox is being gored.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Life Speech “Upsetting” and “Not OK” for the Duke University Women’s Center] Reference
These animals are, however, all the property of individuals, and not wild as supposed, and each horse and ox is branded. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
They ought to be a daily read for all; even those whose political ox is gored should keep abreast of what the other side is saying. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Astral Physics] Reference
The ox is your friend, but he never calls anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The ox was the most precious stock next to horse and mule. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
The ox is a symbol of prosperity, fortitude and hard work. From Wordnik.com. [news | SH | http://www.heraldtribune.com] Reference
The ox is the most suitable animal to begin with draft animal cultivation, because. From Wordnik.com. [1.1 How to select your cattle] Reference
Here again, the ox is the forgotten pioneer, as in the case of the first homesteaders. From Wordnik.com. [THE AMERICAN WEST] Reference
Romans; the ox is the Saracens; the butcher is the Crusaders; and the angel of death is the Turkish Power. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
In the capacious belly of the ox were a dozen soft little sucking-pigs, which, sewn up there, served to give it tenderness and flavour. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete] Reference
Tame and docile to a proverb, when well trained, the ox is the most sullen and and intractable of animals when but half broken to the yoke. From Wordnik.com. [My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I.--Life as a Slave. Part II.--Life as a Freeman] Reference
Yes, my ox is threatened with a goring. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
As it's said, "It depends, on whose ox is gored.". From Wordnik.com. [Things Are Rarely As They Seem in OZ] Reference
It rode on an 'ox' back and jumped off to finish first. From Wordnik.com. [The Chinese reverence of Rats] Reference
"It might be that a buffalo is a kind of ox, only browner," Augustus said. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
But I'd noticed that this butcher sells strange things, such as ox-tail, and yes, goat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Blame it on the Year of the ox - or the year of hugs and kisses, "ox", as I'm calling it. From Wordnik.com. [Julia Moulden: I Wish Obama Would Kiss Me] Reference
"An ox," said Eshley blankly, and rather fatuously; "what kind of ox?". From Wordnik.com. [Beasts and Super-Beasts] Reference
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