Horse Idioms - BBC Learning English (The Teacher)

[albertfei8]

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I have been teaching international clients’ Chinese since i stayed in Beijing in 2003 year. My major is business English. So: i know much about international clients’ customs, habits and etiquette.

My present customers include international corporation’s management persons and staff, boss of some international companies and some international students and so on.

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[MegF142857]

Some more... "Put the cart before the horse.", "Close the barn door after the horse", "... the horse might talk.", "Don't look at gift horse in the mouth.", "Get on one's high horse.", "A horse of a different color", "Hold your horses", "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.", "Don't change horses in mid-stream", "Having horse sense", "Horsing around", "Don't spare the horses", "He is as strong as a horse"... and there are even more.

[soupalex]

@MegF142857 Horses for courses ;)

[ClaudioMEAB]

Thank you teacher! You are so funny

[megi345]

In Poland, when somebody eats a lot we say eat like a pig :)

[gabrocki]

@megi345 we say the same thing in Hungary :D

[girlierichie]

@gabrocki the same in mexico we says

[kenstongiant24]

he didnt even care when the horse died!!!!!

[xolydia87ox]

whattt!!!!!! the horse died!!! so not cool. and u do not hit horses to make them work!!!

[silviasy88]

flog a dead hourse~

[AgnieszkaD1990]

You exaggerate! It's impossible that such a great teacher flogs a dead horse when teaching! Thanks for the idioms.

[foxworthcreek]

So stupid xD yet so amazing!

Poor Fred!!!!!!!!

[yasamen13]

thanx alot ...