20 Horse Idioms & Sayings
Horses are wonderful creatures that have been domesticated and helped humans for thousands of years. It’s not surprising therefore that our ancestors came up with several horse-related idioms to better express themselves. Some phrases about horses have been around for centuries, and we’ve integrated them into ordinary conversations.
An idiom is an expression or phrase whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words. In this article I’m going to explain some horse idioms and phrases and suggest ways you could use them to make your English sound more advanced. Here are some horse idioms along with their meanings and examples:
20 Horse Idioms & Sayings:
1. Hold Your Horses — used to tell somebody that they should wait a moment and not be so excited that they take action without thinking about it first
Example: Would you hold your horses for a moment? I can’t think when you’re pressuring me to hurry.
2. Flog/Beat a Dead Horse — to waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible
Example: Neha keeps trying to get it published but I think she is flogging a dead horse.
3. Dark Horse — a person who reveals little about himself or herself or his or her activities, especially one who has unexpected talents or abilities
Example: I consider myself a dark horse in the industry.
4. Get off Your High Horse — If you tell someone to, or suggest that someone should, get off their high horse, you are suggesting they stop behaving in a superior manner.
Example: So come on, Dua, get off your high horse.
5. Eat Like a Horse — to always eat a lot of food
Example: He is so thin, yet he eats like a horse.
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6. One-horse Town
7. Don’t Spare the Horses
8. Stalking Horse
9. A Horse of a Different Colour
10. Horseplay
11. Enough to Choke a Horse
12. Charley Horse
13. Back the Wrong Horse
14. See a Man about a Horse/Dog
15. Wild Horses Wouldn’t Drag (One) to (Something)
16. Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
17. (Straight) from the Horse’s Mouth
18. Drive a Coach and Horses Through Something
19. Put the Cart Before the Horse
20. You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Can’t Make Him Drink (Proverb)
