Idioms for horse

Origin of horse

before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English hors; cognate with Old Norse hross, Dutch ros, German Ross (Middle High German ros, Old High German hros); (v.) Middle English horsen to provide with horses, Old English horsian, derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM horse

horse·less, adjective horse·like, adjective un·der·horse, verb (used with object), un·der·horsed, un·der·hors·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH horse

hoarse horse

British Dictionary definitions for hold one's horses

horse
/ (hɔːs) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of horse

horseless, adjective horselike, adjective

Word Origin for horse

Old English hors; related to Old Frisian hors, Old High German hros, Old Norse hross

Idioms and Phrases with hold one's horses (1 of 2)

hold one's horses

Slow down, be patient, as in Dad told Kevin to hold his horses on Christmas shopping, since it was only July, or Hold your horses, I'm coming. This expression alludes to a driver making horses wait by holding the reins tightly. [Slang; c. 1840]

Idioms and Phrases with hold one's horses (2 of 2)

horse