hold horses

hold your horses

Wait a moment or be patient (often because you are moving too quickly or thoughtlessly). Whoa, hold your horses, kids. We're going to sing before we start eating cake. I know you're excited to see the prototype, but you all just need to hold your horses while we get set up.

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]

hold (one's) horses

To restrain oneself.

See also: hold, horse

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

See also:

hold one’s horses
hold one's horses
hold your horses
Hold your horses!
get ahead of (oneself)
get ahead of oneself
take it easy
take it/things easy
double buffalo
take things easy

References in periodicals archive

'We have a spelling yard where we hold horses for bloodstock agencies before they go abroad and we break horses for different trainers.

Racing: Jones 'hobby horse' Unshakable delivers

Approximately, one quarter of the mounted unit was required to "hold horses".

The organisation of the Imperial Camel Brigade, 1916-1918 Part 2

RACING will not sell itself to a wider audience as long as jockeys hold horses back and save them for another day, as long as trainers send out horses to run down the field who then suddenly and 'mysteriously' improve, as long as they run horses over the wrong distance and on the wrong going, as long as they seek to prevent the public from gleaning all relevant information through such as TurfTrax (satellite tracking and timing of runners) and as long as trainers who speak to TV commentators use the same old, meaningless cliches and avoid answering questions.

Letter: Treat punters openly

Amy was granted immunity by federal authorities for his testimony against jockey Con Errico, who in 1974 and 1975 offered him bribes to hold horses.

Stateside: Jockey Jose Amy

Time was when the waistband-stretchers in the stand would tell you Fitzgerald was a one-club golfer, who could only hold horses up and compounded the shortcoming by being weak in a finish.

Man with a master Business plan

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释义	hold horses hold your horses Wait a moment or be patient (often because you are moving too quickly or thoughtlessly). Whoa, hold your horses, kids. We're going to sing before we start eating cake. I know you're excited to see the prototype, but you all just need to hold your horses while we get set up. See also: hold, horse Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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] See also: hold, horse The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. hold (one's) horses To restrain oneself. See also: hold, horse American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: hold one’s horses hold one's horses hold your horses Hold your horses! get ahead of (oneself) get ahead of oneself take it easy take it/things easy double buffalo take things easy References in periodicals archive 'We have a spelling yard where we hold horses for bloodstock agencies before they go abroad and we break horses for different trainers. Racing: Jones 'hobby horse' Unshakable delivers Approximately, one quarter of the mounted unit was required to "hold horses". The organisation of the Imperial Camel Brigade, 1916-1918 Part 2 RACING will not sell itself to a wider audience as long as jockeys hold horses back and save them for another day, as long as trainers send out horses to run down the field who then suddenly and 'mysteriously' improve, as long as they run horses over the wrong distance and on the wrong going, as long as they seek to prevent the public from gleaning all relevant information through such as TurfTrax (satellite tracking and timing of runners) and as long as trainers who speak to TV commentators use the same old, meaningless cliches and avoid answering questions. Letter: Treat punters openly Amy was granted immunity by federal authorities for his testimony against jockey Con Errico, who in 1974 and 1975 offered him bribes to hold horses. Stateside: Jockey Jose Amy Time was when the waistband-stretchers in the stand would tell you Fitzgerald was a one-club golfer, who could only hold horses up and compounded the shortcoming by being weak in a finish. Man with a master Business plan
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