Fill in the blanks. This idioms worksheet tests your understanding of horse idioms.
1When someone tells you to get off your high horse, they want you to ...............
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"Stop being arrogant" means to stop acting as if you are better than other people.
2When people horse around, they ...............
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"Play roughly for fun" is the meaning of the idiom "horse around."
3To look a gift horse in the mouth is to be ...............
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"Ungrateful for a gift" means you complain about something that was given to you for free.
4If you are hoofing it, you are ...............
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"Walking" is the usual meaning of the informal idiom "hoofing it."
5To hear something straight from the horse's mouth is to hear it from ...............
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"The most reliable source" is the person or place with direct knowledge of the information.
6To make hay while the sun shines is to ...............
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"Use a good opportunity" means to act while the situation is favorable.
7The expression "I could eat a horse" means that you are ...............
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"Very hungry" is the meaning of the expression "I could eat a horse."
8To beat a dead horse is to ...............
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"Continue a pointless discussion" means to keep talking about something after it is no longer useful.
9To put the cart before the horse is to do things in ...............
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"The wrong order" means doing a later step before an earlier, necessary one.
10If something is a horse of a different ..............., it is something totally different from what you were talking about.
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"Color" completes the idiom "a horse of a different color," meaning a completely different matter.
11To hold your horses is to ...............
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"Be patient" means to wait or slow down before acting.
12A one-horse town is ...............
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"A small, unimportant town" is the meaning of the idiom "one-horse town."
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- When someone tells you to get off your high horse, they want you to stop being arrogant
- When people horse around, they play roughly for fun
- To look a gift horse in the mouth is to be ungrateful for a gift
- If you are hoofing it, you are walking
- To hear something straight from the horse’s mouth is to hear it from the most reliable source
- To make hay while the sun shines is to use a good opportunity
- The expression “I could eat a horse” means that you are very hungry
- To beat a dead horse is to continue a pointless discussion
- 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, unimportant town