5 Horse Idioms

FIVE IDIOMS USING THE WORD "HORSE"

IDIOM: back the wrong horse

• MEANING: support the wrong candidate; make the wrong choice
• EXAMPLE: I lost money on a bad investment; I backed the wrong horse!

IDIOM: beat a dead horse

• MEANING: keep trying something after it's known to be useless
• EXAMPLE: "Stop trying to change my mind; you're beating a dead horse!"

IDIOM: Don't change horses in mid-stream.

• MEANING: Once we start something, we should follow through.
• EXAMPLE: "Let's not switch strategies; we don't want to change horses in mid-stream."

IDIOM: put the cart before the horse

• MEANING: do things in the wrong order
• EXAMPLE: "Buying a car before learning to drive is putting the cart before the horse."

IDIOM: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

• MEANING: Accept unexpected benefits without questioning them.
• EXAMPLE: "I don't know why he's being so nice to me, but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth."

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