Fill in the blanks. This idioms worksheet tests your understanding of horse idioms.
1When someone asks you to get off your high horse, they ask you to ...............
Wrong!
2When people horse around, they engage in ...............
Wrong!
3To look a gift horse in the mouth is to be ...............
Wrong!
4When you are hoofing it, you ...............
Wrong!
5To hear something straight from the horse's mouth is to hear it from ...............
Wrong!
6To make hay while the sun shines is to ...............
Wrong!
7The expression I could eat a horse means that you are ...............
Wrong!
8To beat a dead horse is to ...............
Wrong!
9To put the cart before the horse is to do things in the ...............
Wrong!
10If something is a horse of a ..............., it is something totally different from what you were talking about.
Wrong!
11To hold your horses is to ...............
Wrong!
12A one-horse town is ...............
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- When someone asks you to get off your high horse, they ask you to stop being arrogant
- When people horse around, they engage in rough play in good fun
- To look a gift horse in the mouth is to be ungrateful for what you have received
- When you are hoofing it, you are running very fast
- To hear something straight from the horse’s mouth is to hear it from the most authoritative source
- To make hay while the sun shines is to make the best use of available opportunities
- The expression I could eat a horse means that you are very hungry
- To beat a dead horse is to pursue a worthless activity
- To put the cart before the horse is to do things in the wrong order
- If something is a horse of a different color, it is something totally different from what you were talking about.
- To hold your horses is to be patient
- A one-horse town is a small, insignificant town

