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A list of phrases about horses

A list of phrases about horses

A list of phrases about horses We have many phrases, sayings and provebrs about horses in English. Horses don't loom large in the lives of most English-speaking people today, but they did at the time that the modern English began to be formed, that is, in the 16th century. Here's a list...

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

Flogging a dead horse

Get off your high horse

Hold your horses

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

Put the cart before the horse

Shanks' mare/shanks' pony

Straight from the horse's mouth

Wild goose chase

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink

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