Horse idioms

get off your high horse

• stop being arrogant

• slow down and rethink your decision

• get back to reality

back the wrong horse

• trust someone untrustworthy

• make a wrong choice

• blame someone innocent

flog a dead horse

• waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible

• make a wrong or inappropriate choice

• be rude to someone who had a bad day

dark horse

• the worst member of a group (usually family)

• a surprise

• a person who unexpectedly wins

hold your horses

• wait and rethink your actions before you do something

• slow down while driving

• stop overeating

straight from the horse's mouth

• find out a secret

• get an information from the source

• get out of an uncomfortable situation

put the cart before the horse

• give up

• do something irresponsible

• do things in the wrong order

eat like a horse

• eat a lot of food

• eat too fast

• make a mess while eating