1.
‘You can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink’
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2.
‘The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears’
Old Arabian Proverb
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3.
‘A horse is worth more than riches’
Old Spanish Proverb
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4.
‘Putting the cart before the horse’
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5.
‘Never look a gift horse in the mouth’
A horse can be aged by looking at its teeth
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6.
‘Straight from the horse’s mouth’
An expression which originated in horse-racing circles
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7.
‘Bit of a dark horse’
An expression used to describe someone about whom little is known
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8.
‘Eats like a horse’
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9.
Horseplay
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10.
Horse laugh
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11.
‘Flogging a dead horse’
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12.
‘Backed the wrong horse’
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13.
‘A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!’
Famous quote from Shakespeare’s Richard III
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14.
Horsepower
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15.
‘A horseless carriage’
This saying is a humorous way to describe a car
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16.
‘Work like a horse’
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17.
‘Don’t frighten the horses’
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18.
‘On your high horse’
This expression probably originated from Knights and Nobles literally looking down on people from their tall horses
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19.
‘That’s a horse of a different colour’
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20.
Horsing around
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