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Idiom 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.
Idiom Hold your horses!Hold (your) horses! informal something that you say in order to tell someone to stop doing or saying something because they are going too fast.Just hold your horses, Bill. Let's think about this for a moment.
hold your horsesWait a moment or be patient (often because you are moving too quickly or thoughtlessly). Whoa, hold your horses, kids. We're going to sing before we start eating cake. I know you're excited to see the prototype, but you all just need to hold your horses while we get set up. Hold your horses! and Hold your tater!Fig. Inf. Wait! Tom: Let's go! Let's go! Mary: Hold your horses. Hold your tater, now. Where did you say you are going? |