Mule-Headed

32 sayings for when that’s the situation. Every one comes with what it means, so you can use it right the first time.

“Stubborn as a mule.”

Will not move, will not budge, will not be reasoned with.

“He'd argue with a fence post.”

Will fight anything, including objects.

“You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.”

You can hand someone the answer; you can't make them take it.

“Hard-headed as a coconut.”

Thick skull, nothing gets through.

“You can't tell him nothin'.”

Immune to advice, warnings, and facts.

“Independent as a hog on ice.”

Insists on doing it his own way, even while sliding into disaster.

“She'd argue with the devil and win on points.”

Contrary enough to out-lawyer Hell itself.

“Some folks'd rather starve proud than eat borrowed bread.”

Officials seem to value independence over gettin' people fed and housed.

“Better a borrowed shovel than a buried barn.”

Accepting outside aid now beats losin' everything to false pride later.

“The hen scratchin' her own dirt don't wait on no rooster.”

Gloria Steinem taught women not to wait around for permission.

“The wind can howl, but a well-built fence stays put.”

No 10 says UK backing for the Falklands remains firm as Argentina restates claims.

“When the mules won't pull the same way, the wagon sits still.”

Jury couldn't agree, so the Clancy case goes nowhere.

“A fence split down the middle keeps no cows in nor out.”

The split jury left the murder case going nowhere fast.

“Ain't no use hangin' a lantern in the henhouse if the hens peck it out.”

That's why Flock's cameras are bein' knocked down – the folks they're watchin' don't want the light.

“A rooster can crow all mornin', don't mean the sun works for him.”

Trump can bluster about stoppin' the jet sales, but the market don't answer to his hollerin'.

“Ol' dog barks loudest at the fence he can't jump.”

Trump's big talk on blockin' the Canadian jets is bark without the bite of real power to stop it.

“A dry well don't care whose land it's on.”

When the whiskey and milk stop flowin', both sides end up thirsty.

“A fox in a hole still gets caught when the shovel starts workin'.”

Israel announced it destroyed a major Hezbollah underground hideout.

“Diggin' yourself a hole just shows the plowman exactly where to start.”

Israel says it has destroyed Hezbollah's major underground base.

“Dam up the creek and every farm down the way goes dry.”

Houthis choking the Red Sea shipping so the rest of the world feels it.

“You can't fence the whole pasture just 'cause one cow wandered off.”

The court told Trump he couldn't restrict all mail-in ballots over fraud fears.

“The old road stays open even if somebody don't like who's travelin' it.”

The court kept mail-in voting accessible despite Trump's attempt to close it off.

“You don't burn the barn just 'cause a skunk moved in.”

He's arguin' you shouldn't abandon the flag's meanin' just 'cause bad company latched onto it.

“You don't keep throwin' corn to a hog that's already tore up the patch.”

G7 tellin' Iran to stop arming Houthis in Yemen.

“Keepin' that trough full just makes the hog fatter and ornerier.”

Commentary on Iran arming the Houthis, per the G7.

“He scattered the whole herd just as they reached the countin' gate.”

South Sudan's president dissolved the government before the country's first elections.

“A stiff-necked ox don't care whose whip is crackin'.”

Refusin' to bend the knee to Trump, no threats gonna soften that neck.

“Old plow horses die standin' 'fore they kneel in the mud.”

That's the stance he's takin' — die standin' tall 'fore he ever kneels to Trump.

“Even an ornery bull gets shown the open gate every now and then.”

Trump's White House media ban was set aside for now by a judge.

“Don't tell a man he cain't swat the fly bitin' his own hide.”

Zelensky pushed back that Ukraine has a right to defend itself after Trump's criticism.

“Tell a hen she cain't wear her own feathers and she'll squawk the whole yard awake.”

Banning headscarves in schools stirred up loud protest in Azerbaijan, just like you'd expect.

“Pullin' a kerchief off a woman's head won't make the wind blow any different.”

Banning headscarves doesn't change the underlying beliefs or culture driving the protest.