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The reference to horses was first in James Carmichael's Proverbs in Scots printed in 1628, which included the lines: "And wishes were horses, pure [poor] men wald ride". [4] The first mention of beggars is in John Ray 's Collection of English Proverbs in 1670, in the form "If wishes would bide, beggars would ride". [ 4 ]
Do not look a gift horse in the mouth; Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill; Do not meet troubles half-way; Do not put all your eggs in one basket; Do not put the cart before the horse; Do not put too many irons in the fire; Do not put new wine into old bottles; Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today; Do not rock the boat
Del Boy is a happy-go-lucky, cheeky character. While not always successful, his general optimism and confidence often persuade people to believe in him. Despite his general positive demeanour, the episode Diamonds Are For Heather reveals that Del Boy has suffered from feelings of loneliness over his lack of a family beyond Grandad and Rodney on at least one occasion.
Funny Irish sayings. As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way. There are only two kinds of people in this world: The Irish and those who wish they were.
Funny Cide was a two-time "New York–bred Horse of the Year". He retired with 11 wins from 38 starts with six second-place finishes and eight thirds and earnings of $3,529,412. [ 1 ] Funny Cide had the highest earnings of any New York -bred racehorse in history.
In Chatelaine, 1939, the modern spelling arises: "Hold your horses, dear." [9] The term may have originated from army artillery units. Example: Hunt and Pringle's Service Slang (1943) quotes "Hold your horses, hold the job until further orders". [9] Dave Chappelle used the figurative term on his show towards Jim Brewer in a marijuana commercial
The expression is said to have been popularized by the English politician and orator John Bright.Speaking in the House of Commons in March 1859 on Bright's efforts to promote parliamentary reform, Lord Elcho remarked that Bright had not been "satisfied with the results of his winter campaign" and that "a saying was attributed to him [Bright] that he [had] found he was 'flogging a dead horse'."
Secret, from Gina Bertaina's The Secret Horse [2] Shadowfax, the horse ridden by Gandalf the White in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; Sham from King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry; Silver Blaze, from the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle; Sir Chess, the Knight Destrier, in Linda Medley's Castle ...