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horse Theme: DRUGS - HEROIN n. heroin.Now, horse is all that Gert will touch.Horse is still very popular in the big cities. Theme: EXCREMENT n. horse dung.I use horse on my vegetables.I got a job shoveling horse out of the stables.
hay burner n. a worthless racehorse; any old and worn-out horse.Send that old hay burner to the glue factory.I went to a dude ranch, and they gave me an old hay burner to ride. nag n. a worn-out horse.I bet a week's pay on that nag. Look what happened!The cowboy came riding into town on an old gray nag. stud n. a male horse used for breeding purposes. (Not slang.)Last spring, we rented out all our studs and made some money.The mare kicked the stud and put us all out of business for a while.
horse Ⅰ 1. noun 1 heroin US, 1950. 2 a casual girlfriend. Probably from a play on 'whores' UK, 1962. 3 a prostitute. An evolution of the STABLE as a group of prostitutes US, 1957. 4 a prostitute's customer. Used by prostitutes SOUTH AFRICA, 1946. 5 a large man US, 1947. 6 an affectionate male term of address IRELAND, 2003. 7 in circus and carnival usage, one thousand dollars US, 1981. 8 a person who smuggles contraband into prison US, 1981. 9 in bar dice games, a turn of rolling the dice US, 1976. 10 a poker player with a reputation for stinginess US, 1988. 11 a Ford Mustang car US, 1976. 12 in television and film-making, a stand that holds film reels while the film is fed through a viewer US, 1990. 13 a knife or improvised sharp instrument US, 1973 2. verb 1 to thrash, to defeat absolutely UK: SCOTLAND, 2002. 2 to ruin, to destroy. Extended from the previous sense UK: SCOTLAND, 2002 Ⅱ ⇨ horse and cart; horse verb 1 to start UK, 1992. 2 to fart. Rhyming slang; reduced to its first element, usually in the past tense UK, 1992
idiomhorse► a one-horse race► (straight) from the horse's mouthback/pick the wrong horse(also bet on the wrong horse AmE)to support someone who is not successful, or make a wrong guess about what is going to happen:You can lose a lot of money if you back the wrong horse and buy shares when the index is going down.We just bet on the wrong horse - the film we turned down was the one that made big money.a dark horse AmEAmEsomeone who is not well known or not expected to win, but who surprises people by doing very well against competitors in business, sports, or politics:Vicario, considered a dark horse contender this year, still defeated her biggest rival.In 1994, dark horse Atlanta beat out Athens, Greece, as host for the 1996 summer Olympic Games.dark-horse: Ryan's dark-horse challenge to the New York Governor was his first run for public office.don't/never look a gift horse in the mouthspoken used in order to say that someone should accept a present, or something that is free, even if it is not exactly what they want:The shoes my sister gave me were a little too tight, but I never look a gift horse in the mouth.Don't look a gift horse in the mouth - if we don't have to pay for the holiday, then we should take it.NoteThis idiom comes from the fact that you can tell how healthy a horse is by looking at its teeth. If someone gave you a horse as a gift, it would be foolish to worry about its health. be flogging a dead horse BrEBrEbe beating a dead horse AmEspoken used in order to say that someone is wasting time and effort by talking or worrying about something that cannot be successful, or something that people are not interested in any more:He wants me to make the request for more funds, but I think he's flogging a dead horse, I really do.I don't want to be beating a dead horse. I will step aside if the folks out there reach a point where they don't want to hear my music any more.a dead horse: I don't want to waste my breath on this dead horse, but we cyclists are getting really tired of motorists complaining about us.sb gets on his/her high horsespoken used in order to say that you think someone is talking or behaving as if they think they are better than everyone else:My parents drink and smoke, but as soon as I start talking about legalizing drugs they get on their high horse.Don't get on your high horse with me! God, Edward, do you think I was happy about lying to her?opposite get off your high horse: I'd like to tell the Minister to get off his high horse and come and talk to the people he grew up with.a stalking horseused about a person or thing that someone uses to hide their true plans or intentions, especially a politician who makes a first attempt to achieve something that a more important politician wants:The Prime Minister dismissed the latest candidate to challenge his leadership as another stalking horse.During the Reagan-Thatcher years Britain was seen as the stalking horse for America in Europe.strong as a horse(also strong as an ox, bull, etc)used in order to emphasize that someone is very strong or healthy:I'll be all right - Strong as a horse, that's me.Richard had only been climbing a few months, but already he was as strong as an ox.you can lead/take a horse to water (but you can't make it drink)used in order to say that although you can give someone the opportunity to do something you cannot force them to do it if they do not want to:Parents should provide their children with a quiet place to do homework , but they should remember that you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.Forcing a senator to attend the House is like leading a horse to water. It doesn't mean that the Senator will speak on the issue you want. phrasehorse[horsed, horsed, horsing]
horse around
horse around/about usually progressive spoken to play in a silly, rather violent and noisy way: Stop horsing around - you're going to break something. I was sort of in the mood for horsing around. I felt like jumping off the washbowl and wrestling with Dean.■ SIMILAR TO: fool around/about
live, horse, and you will get grassIf you persist through difficulty, you will eventually reap benefits. The phrase of encouragement comes from a story of a farmer who plants grass for his horse and tells the horse to live until the grass has time to grow. Yeah, but if your business can survive this recession, all of your hard work will pay off. As the saying goes, "Live, horse and you will get grass." horse1. n. heroin. (Drugs. Because it begins with H.) Horse is still very popular in the big cities. 2. n. horse dung. I got a job shoveling horse out of the stables. - (as) rare as rocking horse crap
- (as) rare as rocking horse manure
- (as) rare as rocking horse poo
- (as) strong as a horse
- (one had) better get on (one's) horse
- (straight) from the horse's mouth
- a camel is a horse designed by a committee
- a dark horse
- a gift horse
- a hobby horse
- a horse of another
- a horse of another color
- a horse of another colour
- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- a one-horse race
- a one-horse town
- a stalking horse
- a Trojan horse
- back on the horse
- back the wrong horse
- be flogging a dead horse
- be on (one's) high horse
- be/get on your high horse
- beat a dead horse
- bet on the wrong horse
- better get on my horse
- cart before the horse, don't put/set the
- cart before the horse, put the
- change horses in midstream
- change horses in midstream, don't
- change horses in the middle of the stream
- change horses in the middle of the stream Go to
- change/swap horses in midstream
- charley horse
- climb on (one's) high horse
- close the barn door after the horse has bolted
- close the stable door after the horse has bolted
- closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
- clotheshorse
- could eat a horse
- dark horse
- dark horse, a
- dead horse
- dead horse, to beat/flog a
- Don't change horses at midstream.
- don't change horses in midstream
- Don't change horses in midstream.
- Don't change horses in the middle of the river.
- Don't change horses in the middle of the stream.
- don't change/swap horses in midstream
- don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- Don't put the cart before the horse
- don't spare the horses
- Don't swap horses at midstream.
- Don't swap horses in the middle of the river.
- Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream.
- drive a coach and horses through
- drive a coach and horses through (something)
- drive a coach and horses through something
- eat like a bird
- eat like a bird/horse, to
- eat like a horse
- enough (something) to choke Caligula's horse
- enough to choke a horse
- Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest
- flog a dead horse
- for want of a nail
- For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ...
- frighten the horses
- from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth, straight
- get (something) straight from the horse's mouth
- get back on the horse (that bucked you)
- get off (one's) high horse
- get off high horse
- get on (one's) high horse
- get on (one's) hobby-horse
- get on (one's) horse
- get on horse
- get on one’s horse
- get on your high horse
- get straight from the horse's mouth
- gift horse
- Give a beggar a horse, and he'll ride it to death.
- go the way of the dodo
- harness (an animal) up
- high horse
- hitch (one's) horses together
- hitch horses together
- hobby-horse
- Hold horses
- hold one’s horses
- hold one's horses
- hold your horses
- Hold your horses!
- home, James(, and don't spare the horses)
- horse
- horse and buggy
- horse and carriage
- horse and rabbit stew
- horse around
- horse cock
- horse doctor
- horse hockey
- horse laugh
- horse of a different color
- horse of a different color, a
- horse of another color
- horse of another/different color, a
- horse opera
- horse pill
- horse pucky
- horse sense
- horse trading
- horsed
- horses
- horses for courses
- horse-trade
- hung like a horse
- I could eat a horse
- I could eat a horse!
- if two ride on a horse, one must ride behind
- if wishes were horses
- if wishes were horses, (then) beggars might ride
- if wishes were horses, (then) beggars would ride
- if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
- if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride
- If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride
- live, horse, and you will get grass
- lock the barn door after the horse has bolted
- lock the barn/stable door after the horse has bolted/is stolen, to
- lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- look a gift horse in the mouth
- make a fool of
- Mrs. Astor's pet horse
- Mrs. Astor's plush horse
- my kingdom for a horse
- never look a gift horse in the mouth
- no horse in this race
- nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- nothing is so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse
- old warhorse
- on (one's) high horse
- on (one's) hobby-horse
- on high horse
- on one’s high horse
- on one's high horse
- on one's high horse, to be
- on the horse
- on your high horse
- one-horse race
- one-horse town
- only fools and horses work
- pee like a racehorse
- piss like a racehorse
- play the horses
- play the ponies
- put (someone or something) out to pasture
- put a horse out to pasture
- put the cart before the horse
- rein up
- ride (one's) hobby-horse
- ride two horses at once
- ride two horses at the same time
- rocking horse manure
- rocking-horse manure
- salt horse
- see a man about a horse
- Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
- shut/lock/close the stable door after the horse has bolted
- stalking horse
- straight from the horse’s mouth
- strong as a horse
- swap horses in midstream
- talk someone's arm off
- the horse's mouth
- there are horses for courses
- Trojan horse
- war horse
- wild horses
- wild horses couldn't drag (one) away (from something)
- wild horses couldn't drag (one) to (something)
- wild horses couldn't drag (something) from (one)
- Wild horses couldn't drag away
- wild horses couldn't drag me
- wild horses won't drag someone to something
- wild horses wouldn't drag (one) to (something)
- wild horses wouldn't drag (something) from (one)
- willing horse
- work like a beaver
- work like a horse
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
- you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
- you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
- you can take/lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
- You don't change horses in the middle of the race.
- You don't change horses mid-race.
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