单词 | hold one's horses |
释义 | hold one's horsesSlow down, be patient, as in Dad told Kevin to hold his horses on Christmas shopping, since it was only July, or Hold your horses, I'm coming. This expression alludes to a driver making horses wait by holding the reins tightly. [Slang; c. 1840] Words nearby hold one's horseshold on, hold one's breath, hold one's end up, hold one's fire, hold one's head high, hold one's horses, hold one's own, hold one's peace, hold one's temper, hold one's tongue, hold on to The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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