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"horses for courses" and "on the threshold"

Posted by Louise Greig on January 06, 2000

I would like to find out the origin of the phrases "horses for courses" amd "on the threshold" as I haven't been able to find this out anywhere else. I am quite aware of their current meanings but have been set the task of finding out where they came from and what the originally meant. I would appreciate it if anyone could help me out with this.

Louise Greig

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