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.
eat like a horse
eat a lot, pig out Barney eats like a horse. He has a monstrous appetite.
from the horse's mouth
(See straight from the horse's mouth)
get off your high horse
do not act like you are better than everyone else Colin acts so superior! Tell him to get off his high horse.
get on your horse
move, get started, get a move on Get on your horse or you'll be late for work. It's nearly 8!
hold your horses
wait a minute, hold on, hold the phone "When I said the accident was his fault, he said, ""Hold your horses!"""
horse around
play, joke, fool around, goof off Don't horse around in the lab. You could spill some acid.
horse feathers
lies, false stories, bull, a bunch of malarkey "When she told her dad she saw a ghost, he said, ""Horse feathers!"""
horse of a different color
(See a horse of a different color)
horse's ass
(See a horse's ass)
horse sense
wisdom in making decisions He doesn
horse shoes up his ass
very lucky, always winning He's got horseshoes up his ass! He won six games of bingo!
horse trade
a business agreement or bargain arrived at after hard bargaining After several hours of horse trading we finally reached an agreement to buy the new computers.
horseplay
just having fun, fooling around Don't worry. The boys aren't fighting. It's just horseplay.
lock the barn door after the horse is gone
be careful or try to make something certain after it is too late Now he wants to try and fix his house but it is like locking the barn door after the horse is gone. There was already a flood and the damage is done.
lock the barn door after the horse is stolen
be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late If you try and prevent a flood after the rains have started it is like locking the barn door after the horse is stolen.
look a gift horse in the mouth
complain if a gift is not perfect He shouldn
look up a dead horse's ass
do a worthless task, do a pointless exercise, pissing into the wind If they want a tax-free society, they may as well be looking up a dead horse's ass!
off your high horse
(See get off your high horse)
piss like a race horse
have to urinate, back teeth are floating I hope this mall has a washroom. I have to piss like a race horse.
put the cart before the horse
do things in the wrong order I think that he is putting the cart before the horse by talking about fixing up the house before he even buys it.
straght from the horse
directly from the person or place where something began I heard straight from the horse
straight from the horse
directly from the person involved I went over to my friend
straight from the horse's mouth
directly from the person who said it or did it I want to hear the story from Ty, straight from the horse's mouth.
the cart before the horse
backwards, back to front Having dessert before dinner is putting the cart before the horse.
you and the horse you rode in on
you and your horse go, both you and your horse, screw you and the horse """Did you say I should leave?"" ""Ya, you and the horse you rode in on. Git!"""
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make h
you can provide what they need but you cannot force them to use it We provide information, but I wonder if they read it. You can lead a horse to water... .
on one's high horse
1.being very proud and scornful 趾高气扬;自高自大 I don't like him:he's always on his high horse, thinking he can order everyone else about.不喜欢他,他总是趾高气扬的,以为什么人都得听他的。 Martha was chairman of the picnic committee, and at the picnic she was on her high horse, telling everyone what to do.玛莎是野餐会的主席,在野餐时她盛气凌人地指挥每个人怎么做。 2. in a bad temper发脾气.The girl was on her high horse because she found her boyfriend insincere.姑娘发现她的男友不诚实,非常生气。
work like a horse
Idiom(s): work like a horse
Theme: EFFORT
to work very hard. • I've been working like a horse all day, and I’m tired. • I'm too old to work like a horse. I'd prefer to relax more.
Wild horses couldn't drag
Idiom(s): Wild horses couldn't drag sb.
Theme: FORCE
nothing could force someone (to go somewhere). (Informal.) • I refuse to go to that meeting! Wild horses couldn't drag me. • Wild horses couldn't drag her to that game.
horse of another color
Idiom(s): horse of another color AND horse of a different color
Theme: DIFFERENCE
another matter altogether. • I was talking about trees, not bushes. Bushes are a horse of another color. • Gambling is not the same as investing in the stock market. It's a horse of a different color.
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, hold your horses, John. Be reasonable for a change. • Don't get so mad. Just hold your horses.
get a charley horse
Idiom(s): get a charley horse
Theme: HEALTH - INJURY
to develop a cramp in the arm or leg, usually from strain. • Don't work too hard or you'll get a charley horse. • Poor Tom is always getting a charley horse in his leg. • Sally can't play. She has a charley horse.
change horses in the middle of the stream
Idiom(s): change horses in the middle of the stream
Theme: CHANGE
to make major changes in an activity that has already begun; to choose someone or something else after it is too late. • I'm already baking a cherry pie. I can't bake an apple pie. It's too late to change horses in the middle of the stream. • The house is half-built. It's too late to hire a different architect. You can't change horses in the middle of the stream.
back the wrong horse
Idiom(s): back the wrong horse
Theme: ERROR
to support someone or something that cannot win or succeed. (As in horse racing.) • I don't want to back the wrong horse, but it seems to me that Jed is the better candidate. • Fred backed the wrong horse in the budget hearings.
Better lose the saddle than the horse.
It's better to stop and accept a small loss, rather than continue and risk losing everything.
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
Wishing alone is of no use; you must act as well.
Beating a dead horse
(USA) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they're beating a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no-one supports anymore; beating a dead horse will not make it do any more work.
Close the stable door after the horse has bolted
If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted. 'Close the barn door after the horse has bolted' is alternative, often used in American English.
Could eat a horse
If you are very hungry, you could eat a horse.
Flogging a dead horse
(UK) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they're flogging a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no-one supports anymore; beating a dead horse will not make it do any more work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An one horse idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with one horse, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ one horse