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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