hold your horses
wait, be patient
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For those of us who are still using MobileMe, HOLD YOUR HORSES; you can’t move just yet. iCloud.com is meant for developers only, although you can try logging in with your Apple ID, it might just let you in.
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But rail expert Christian Wolmar played down the idea of an electrified rail line reaching south Wales any time soon. He told BBC Radio Wales: "There has been talk about this for years and years, but HOLD YOUR HORSES, it's not going to happen instantly."
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But rail expert Christian Wolmar played down the idea of an electrified rail line reaching south Wales any time soon. He told BBC Radio Wales: "There has been talk about this for years and years, but HOLD YOUR HORSES, it's not going to happen instantly."
(BBC News)
Did you
know?
hold your horses
idiom
- used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about something
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hold your horses is an American idiom from the 19th century when horses and carriages were still a primary means of transportation. It was originally expressed as "hold your hosses", hoss being colloquial for horse.
Those not familiar with the expression can easily deduce the origin, as it refers to holding a horse or horses from going any further. It also has an underlying meaning related to how nervous and impatient horses can sometimes be, especially race horses that are trained to bolt from the starting gate when it opens.
The important role that the horse has played over the centuries has led to many other idioms. Here is a small sampling of "equine" expressions:
- beat a dead horse = to continue fighting a battle that has been won, to continue to argue a point that has been settled (Arguing with the service personnel here is like beating a dead horse)
- change horses in midstream = to make new plans in an activity that has already begun (I don't want to change horses in the midstream and hire new a lawyer)
- put the cart before the horse = to put or do things in the wrong order or to be impatient (Think about buying a house after you have a stable career, otherwise you will be putting the cart before the horse)
- straight from the horse's mouth = to obtain information directly from the source (I know he is planning on asking her to marry him because I heard it straight from the horse's mouth)
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SYNONYMS
keep your shirt on, hold everything, hold on, wait a minute, no so fast, hang on
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Hold your horses! We need to think this through before making a decision."
idiom
- used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about something
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hold your horses is an American idiom from the 19th century when horses and carriages were still a primary means of transportation. It was originally expressed as "hold your hosses", hoss being colloquial for horse.
Those not familiar with the expression can easily deduce the origin, as it refers to holding a horse or horses from going any further. It also has an underlying meaning related to how nervous and impatient horses can sometimes be, especially race horses that are trained to bolt from the starting gate when it opens.
The important role that the horse has played over the centuries has led to many other idioms. Here is a small sampling of "equine" expressions:
- beat a dead horse = to continue fighting a battle that has been won, to continue to argue a point that has been settled (Arguing with the service personnel here is like beating a dead horse)
- change horses in midstream = to make new plans in an activity that has already begun (I don't want to change horses in the midstream and hire new a lawyer)
- put the cart before the horse = to put or do things in the wrong order or to be impatient (Think about buying a house after you have a stable career, otherwise you will be putting the cart before the horse)
- straight from the horse's mouth = to obtain information directly from the source (I know he is planning on asking her to marry him because I heard it straight from the horse's mouth)
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SYNONYMS
keep your shirt on, hold everything, hold on, wait a minute, no so fast, hang on
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Hold your horses! We need to think this through before making a decision."
