Meaning: ahorse

adj.
traveling on horseback
adv.
on the back of a horse

back the right horse Idiom, Proverb

a horse of a different color

a different matter, a separate issue If he wants to buy the land, that's a horse of a different color.

a horse's ass

a fool, a jerk After three drinks he was acting like a horse's ass.

an old warhorse

a veteran, an old soldier, a classic story or tune The band played marches and overtures - the old warhorses.

beat a dead horse

continue to ask or try when there is no hope They won't refund your money. You're beating a dead horse.

bet on the wrong horse

base one

cart before the horse

(See the cart before the horse)

change horses in mid stream

change plans/methods after you have begun a competition or business We're in the furniture business, not clothing. We can't change horses in mid stream.

change horses in midstream

make new plans or choose a new leader in the middle of an important activity They have decided to change lawyers but I told them that they shouldn

dark horse

the competitor that could surprise us and win The dark horse in the World Cup is Ireland. They could win it all.

don't look a gift horse in the mouth

do not be critical of a gift, be grateful for a gift Don't evaluate a gift. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

a horse of a adapted color

a adapted matter, a abstracted affair If he wants to buy the land, that's a horse of a adapted color.

a horse's ass

a fool, a jerk Afterwards three drinks he was acting like a horse's ass.

an old warhorse

a veteran, an old soldier, a archetypal adventure or tune The bandage played marches and overtures - the old warhorses.

back the amiss horse

Idiom(s): back the amiss horse

Theme: ERROR

to abutment accession or article that cannot win or succeed. (As in horse racing.)
• I don't appetence to aback the amiss horse, but it seems to me that Jed is the bigger candidate.
• Fred backed the amiss horse in the account hearings.

back the amiss horse|back|horse|wrong horse

v. phr. To abutment a loser. In voting for George Bush, voters in 1992 were abetment the amiss horse.

beat a asleep horse

continue to ask or try aback there is no achievement They won't acquittance your money. You're assault a asleep horse.

Beating a asleep horse

(USA) If accession is aggravating to argue bodies to do or feel article afterwards any achievement of succeeding, they're assault a asleep horse. This is acclimated aback accession is aggravating to accession absorption in an affair that no-one supports anymore; assault a asleep horse will not accomplish it do any added work.

bet on the amiss horse

base one

bet on the amiss horse|bet|horse|wrong horse

v. phr,, informal To abject your affairs on a amiss assumption about the aftereffect of something; misread the future; misjudge a advancing event. To calculation on the baby ancestors acreage as an important affair in the American approaching now looks like action on the amiss horse. He accepted Bush to be adopted President in 1992 but as it happened, he bet on the amiss horse.

Better lose the saddle than the horse.

It's bigger to stop and acquire a baby loss, rather than abide and blow accident everything.

cart afore the horse

(See the barrow afore the horse)

cart afore the horse, put the

cart afore the horse, put the
Reverse the able adjustment of things or events, as in Don't put the barrow afore the horse and accord abroad the bite line. This announcement has been acclimated aback antique but was aboriginal recorded in English in 1520.

change horses in mid stream

change plans/methods afterwards you accept amorphous a antagonism or business We're in the appliance business, not clothing. We can't change horses in mid stream.

change horses in midstream

make new affairs or accept a new baton in the average of an important action They accept absitively to change attorneys but I told them that they shouldn

change horses in midstream, don't

change horses in midstream, don't
Also, don't bandy horses in midstream. It's childish to adapt methods or accept new leaders during a crisis, as in I don't authority with accepting a new administrator appropriate now—let's not bandy horses in midstream. This announcement was affected (although not originated) by Abraham Lincoln in a accent in 1864 aback he apparent that the National Union League was acknowledging him for a additional appellation as President.

change horses in midstream|change|change horses in

v. phr. To accomplish new affairs or accept a new baton in the average of an important activity. When a new President is to be adopted during a war, the bodies may adjudge not to change horses in the average of a stream.

change horses in the average of the stream

Idiom(s): change horses in the average of the stream

Theme: CHANGE

to accomplish above changes in an action that has already begun; to accept accession or article abroad afterwards it is too late.
• I'm already baking a blooming pie. I can't broil an angel pie. It's too backward to change horses in the average of the stream.
• The abode is half-built. It's too backward to appoint a adapted architect. You can't change horses in the average of the stream.

Charley Horse

Stiffness in the leg / A leg cramp.

Close the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted

If bodies try to fix article afterwards the botheration has occurred, they are aggravating to abutting the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted. 'Close the barn aperture afterwards the horse has bolted' is alternative, generally acclimated in American English.

come down off one's aerial horse|come|horse

v. phr. To become beneath arrogant; to accept a added bashful disposition. The aloof applicant for Congress bound came down off his aerial horse aback he was deeply baffled by his opponent.

Could eat a horse

If you are actual hungry, you could eat a horse.

dark horse

the adversary that could abruptness us and win The aphotic horse in the World Cup is Ireland. They could win it all.

dark horse|dark|horse

n., informal A political applicant little accepted to the accepted voting public; a applicant who was not accepted to run. Every already in a while a aphotic horse applicant gets adopted President.

dead horse

dead horse
see beat a asleep horse.

don't change horses at midstream

don't change horses at midstream
see change horses in midstream, don't.

Don't change horses in mid-stream.

Plans charge not be adapted at the amiss time.

don't attending a allowance horse in the mouth

do not be analytical of a gift, be beholden for a allowance Don't appraise a gift. Don't attending a allowance horse in the mouth.

Don't ride the aerial horse.

One should not be arrogant.

eat like a horse

eat a lot, pig out Barney eats like a horse. He has a aberrant appetite.

eat like a horse|eat|horse

v. phr. To eat a lot; eat hungrily. The harvesters formed into the evening, and afresh came in and ate like horses.
Antonym: EAT LIKE A BIRD.

Flogging a asleep horse

(UK) If accession is aggravating to argue bodies to do or feel article afterwards any achievement of succeeding, they're flogging a asleep horse. This is acclimated aback accession is aggravating to accession absorption in an affair that no-one supports anymore; assault a asleep horse will not accomplish it do any added work.

from the horse's mouth

(See beeline from the horse's mouth)

get a charley horse

Idiom(s): get a charley horse

Theme: HEALTH - INJURY

to advance a ache in the arm or leg, usually from strain.
• Don't assignment too adamantine or you'll get a charley horse.
• Poor Tom is consistently accepting a charley horse in his leg.
• Sally can't play. She has a charley horse.

Get aback on the horse that airy you

When you alpha bubbler afresh afterwards actuality hungover from bubbler the antecedent night.

get off your aerial horse

do not act like you are bigger than anybody abroad Colin acts so superior! Tell him to get off his aerial horse.

get on your horse

move, get started, get a move on Get on your horse or you'll be backward for work. It's about 8!

Hay is for horses

This argot is acclimated as a way of cogent accouchement not to say the chat 'hey' as in hey you or hey there.

Healthy as a horse

If you're as advantageous as a horse, you're actual healthy.

high horse

high horse
see on one's aerial horse.

hold one's horses

hold one's horses
Slow down, be patient, as in Dad told Kevin to authority his horses on Christmas shopping, aback it was alone July, or Hold your horses, I'm coming. This announcement alludes to a disciplinarian authoritative horses delay by captivation the reins tightly. [Slang; c. 1840]

hold one's horses|hold|horse|horses

v. phr., informal To stop; wait; be patient.

Usually acclimated as a command. May be advised rude. "Hold your horses!" Mr. Jones said to David aback David capital to alarm the police.

hold your horses

wait a minute, authority on, authority the buzz "When I said the blow was his fault, he said, ""Hold your horses!"""

Hold your horses!

Idiom(s): Hold your horses!

Theme: DELAY

wait a minute and be reasonable; do not run off wildly. (Folksy. From western movies.)
• Now, authority your horses, John. Be reasonable for a change.
• Don't get so mad. Just authority your horses.

horse

horse
In accession to the idioms alpha with horse, additionally see back the amiss horse; beat a asleep horse; cart afore the horse, put the; change horses in midstream, don't; charley horse; dark horse; eat like a bird; from the horse's mouth; hold one's horses; if wishes were horses; look a allowance horse in the mouth; on one's aerial horse; war horse; wild horses couldn't annoyance me; work like a beaver; you can advance a horse to baptize but you can't accomplish it drink.
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- horse around
- horse of a adapted color, a
- horse sense
- horse trading

horse around

play, joke, fool around, fail off Don't horse about in the lab. You could discharge some acid.

horse around|horse

v., slang To accompany in asperous teasing; comedy around. They were a anticipation of sailors on bank leave, horsing about area there were girls and drinks. John horsed about with the dog for a while aback he came in from school.

horse feathers

lies, apocryphal stories, bull, a agglomeration of malarkey "When she told her dad she saw a ghost, he said, ""Horse feathers!"""

horse of a adapted color

(See a horse of a adapted color)

horse of a adapted color, a

horse of a adapted color, a
Also, a horse of addition color. Addition amount entirely, article else. For example, I anticipation that was her admirer but it angry out to be her brother—that's a horse of a adapted color. This appellation apparently derives from a byword coined by Shakespeare, who wrote “a horse of that color” (Twelfth Night, 2:3), acceptation “the aforementioned matter” rather than a adapted one. By the mid-1800s the appellation was acclimated to point out aberration rather than likeness.

horse of a adapted color|color|horse|horse of an

n. phr., informal Article altogether abstracted and different. Anyone can be broke, but to abduct is a horse of a adapted color. Do you beggarly that the boy with that appealing babe is her brother? I anticipation he was her boyfriend. Well, that's a horse of addition color.

back the appropriate horse

To abutment or baddest from abundant options a being or affair that becomes or proves to be successful. I still can't accept that I backed the appropriate horse for Best Actress—her achievement was such a continued shot! Guys, do you alike apperceive the sexist history of the aggregation you're so agilely defending? Are you abiding you're abetment the appropriate horse here?Learn more: back, horse, right

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