10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLD ONE'S HORSES»
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... close the door * These bolts and nuts hold the wheels on Hold one's peace:
Keep silence * It is better to hold one's peace when confronted with some
awkward situation Hold one's horses: Hesitate or show restraint * He held his
horses even ...
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo.
Hold Hold one's ground/Stand one's ground: See, Ground. Hold one's horses:
stop and wait patiently. Hold your horses until I can get my keys out of my pocket.
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy ...
hold off (TIME) 191 hold on (TIME) 191 hold on to (UND) 159 hold one's breath (
EMO) 219 hold one's fire (COMM) 170 hold one's horses (MOVE) 197 hold one's
own (COMM) 178 hold one's peace (COMM) 178 hold one's tongue (COMM) ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... FIRE HOLD ONE'S GROUND HOLD ONE'S HEAD UP HOLD ONE'S HORSES
HOLD ONE'S OWN HOLD ONE'S// PEACE/TONGUE HOLD OUT HOLD OUT ON
HOLD OUT AN OLIVE BRANCH HOLD OVER HOLDOVER HOLD SOMEBODY ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Second half of 1500s] hold one's horses Slow down, be patient, as in Dad told
Kevin to hold his horses on Christmas shopping, since it was only Iuly, or Hold
your horses, I 'm coming. This expression alludes to a driver making horses wait
by ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... halt, discontinue, procrastinate, vacillate, adopt Fabian tactics; informal hang
about, hang around, sit tight, hold one's horses. 1 hang on 1 he hung on to the
back of her coat: hold on to, hold fast to, grip, clutch, grasp, hold tightly, cling to,
cling ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To hold one's horses APP 191; MP 324) 1899 "Just hold your horses a minute." (I,
274) 1911 "An' if you'll hold your horses a couple of shakes." (III, 2236) The
Complete Short Stories of Jack London, 3 vols. Ed. Earle Labor et al. Stanford,
Cal.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Heinemann English Dictionary
... cause, especially in politics. flog a dead horse to waste one's time on a
hopeless cause. from the horse's mouth from an authoritative source. get 487
horsewoman on one's high horse to act haughtily. hold one's horses to restrain
oneself.
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^ItfSW (Hi, ZioHvour horses, I've not agreed to that yet! ft ' . aaaWKftH ! ) to horse!
±.% ! to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted S, LOCK to look a gift ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... information received from someone with actual experience whose testimony is
unquestionable This is straight from the horses mouth that the chief retires next
month. hold one's horses wait a moment; don't do anything rash Hold your horses
...
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