n.
horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

play the horses Idiom, Proverb

change horses in mid stream

change plans/methods after you have begun a competition or business We're in the furniture business, not clothing. We can't change horses in mid stream.

change horses in midstream

make new plans or choose a new leader in the middle of an important activity They have decided to change lawyers but I told them that they shouldn

hold your horses

wait a minute, hold on, hold the phone "When I said the accident was his fault, he said, ""Hold your horses!"""

Wild horses couldn't drag

Idiom(s): Wild horses couldn't drag sb.

Theme: FORCE

nothing could force someone (to go somewhere). (Informal.)
• I refuse to go to that meeting! Wild horses couldn't drag me.
• Wild horses couldn't drag her to that game.

Hold your horses!

Idiom(s): Hold your horses!

Theme: DELAY

wait a minute and be reasonable; do not run off wildly. (Folksy. From western movies.)
• Now, hold your horses, John. Be reasonable for a change.
• Don't get so mad. Just hold your horses.

change horses in the middle of the stream

Idiom(s): change horses in the middle of the stream

Theme: CHANGE

to make major changes in an activity that has already begun; to choose someone or something else after it is too late.
• I'm already baking a cherry pie. I can't bake an apple pie. It's too late to change horses in the middle of the stream.
• The house is half-built. It's too late to hire a different architect. You can't change horses in the middle of the stream.

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.

Wishing alone is of no use; you must act as well.

Hay is for horses

This idiom is used as a way of telling children not to say the word 'hey' as in hey you or hey there.

Horses for courses

Horses for courses means that what is suitable for one person or situation might be unsuitable for another.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

This means that wishing for something or wanting it is not the same as getting or having it.

play the horses

To accomplish bets on the outcomes of horse races. I about absent our absolute activity accumulation arena the horses one weekend. After that, I never gambled afresh in my life. My ancestor consistently acclimated to booty me and my brother to comedy the horses on the aftermost Sunday of the month, absolution us aces which horse to put the money on.Learn more: horse, play

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