kick like a mule

and kick like a steer

to kick very hard. They say that ostriches will kick like a mule if you bother them. Stay away from the back end of Tom's horse. It will kick like a steer when a stranger comes up.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mauritius	-	Late Roman
Sofronio	-	Spanish
Lidia	LEED-yah (Polish), LEE-dyah (Italian), LEE-dhyah (Spanish)	Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian
SÍLe	SHEE-la	Irish
Placidus	-	Late Roman
Immanuel	-	German, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew