Word.ws English Dictionary

if you mess with the bull, you get the horns

if you mess with the bull, you get the horns proverb: synonym of when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.

Proverb

if you mess with the bull, you get the horns

  1. Synonym of when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
    Synonyms:
    when you mess with the bull, you get the horns

Synonyms of if you mess with the bull, you get the horns

  • when you mess with the bull
  • you get the horns

Questions about if you mess with the bull, you get the horns

What does if you mess with the bull, you get the horns mean?
If you mess with the bull, you get the horns means synonym of when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
What part of speech is if you mess with the bull, you get the horns?
If you mess with the bull, you get the horns is a proverb.

Words near if you mess with the bull, you get the horns in the dictionary

  1. if you know you know
  2. if you know, you know
  3. if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas
  4. if you lie with dogs you will get fleas
  5. if you like
  6. if you mess with the bull, you get the horns
  7. if you pay bananas, you get monkeys
  8. if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
  9. if you please
  10. if you say so
  11. if you see something, say something

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: if you mess with the bull, you get the horns (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “if you mess with the bull, you get the horns.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/if_you_mess_with_the_bull%2C_you_get_the_horns. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.