bust a bronco
bust a bronco
To tame a wild horse for riding. (A "bronco" is a untrained horse or pony.) I've never busted a bronco before, and this mean old horse doesn't look too eager to let me try.
See also: bust
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bust a bronco
to ride and thus tame a wild horse so that it can be ridden. (Bust is a nonstandard form of burst.) In them days, I made my living busting broncos. That was the meanest bronco I ever seen. Nobody could bust 'im.
See also: bust
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- get on (one's) horse
- get on horse
- get on one’s horse
- willing horse
- road apple
- back the wrong horse
- rush (one's) fences
- rush your fences
- each way
- Run for the Roses