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 your horses!

and Hold your tater!

Fig. Inf. Wait! Tom: Let's go! Let's go! Mary: Hold your horses. Hold your tater, now. Where did you say you are going?

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 your horses

SPOKEN

If you say hold your horses, you are telling someone to stop doing or saying something for a moment because they have not thought enough about it. Hold your horses a minute, will you, and just take another look at this document.

See also: hold, horse

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

hold your horses

wait a moment; restrain your enthusiasm. informal

1999 Colin Dexter The Remorseful Day Hold your horses! One or two things I'd like you to check first, just to make it one hundred per cent.

See also: hold, horse

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hold your ˈhorses

(informal) used for asking somebody to stop for a moment, speak more slowly, etc: Hold your horses! We haven’t finished the last question yet.

See also: hold, horse

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hold one’s horses

tv. to wait up; to relax and slow down; to be patient. (Usually a command.) Now, just hold your horses and let me explain.

See also: hold, horse

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

hold (one's) horses

To restrain oneself.

See also: hold, horse

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

hold your horses

Be patient. Originally this nineteenth-century Americanism directly instructed the driver to hold his team of horses, and later it became a colloquial imperative to slow down and wait.

See also: hold, horse

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

hold horses
hold one’s horses
hold one's 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

Hold your horses was a warning to citizens on horseback who were near the circus parade route on city streets.

Language and the circus

"It is going to be horrible; there's no question about it" Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt on the effect of Government cuts "Hold your horses world.

THEY SAID WHAT? "It is [...]

If the answer is yes, and it doesn't work, hold your horses and hold on to those cords!

Helmet communication cord problems

Well, hold your horses, buddy, because I think you'll find the answer to high fuel costs is right here much closer to home...in fact, right under your nose.

Problem is fuel's gold

HOLD your horses! Training for the Panto Horse Grand National got under way when competing steeds turned up at Birmingham's City Plaza for a bit of horseplay ahead of Sunday's big race.

And they're off! Oh yes they are; Panto horses all set for their own Grand National

Well, hold your horses because we don't think it's actually happening.

TV LAND: ..down the drain

Third-placed Hold Your Horses made a mistake at the final ditch but shaped well.

Point-To-Point: Varykinov spot-on after win

HOLD YOUR HORSES: Noyan almosts unseats his jockey as winner Florida Pearl (left) comes through in yesterday's Martell Cup Picture: COLIN LANE

Ginger fury as House falls through

HOLD your horses and have a gander at this new book.

Book uses its loaf to find origins of words

HOLD YOUR HORSES: Shane O'Sullivan has fun in the paddock with Falabella Cait, who is only 30 inches tall, and her three-day-old foal Roisin, 16 inches

30-INCH HORSE HAS A 16-INCH FOAL

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释义	hold your 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 your horses! and Hold your tater! Fig. Inf. Wait! Tom: Let's go! Let's go! Mary: Hold your horses. Hold your tater, now. Where did you say you are going? See also: hold McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. 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 your horses SPOKEN If you say hold your horses, you are telling someone to stop doing or saying something for a moment because they have not thought enough about it. Hold your horses a minute, will you, and just take another look at this document. See also: hold, horse Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. hold your horses wait a moment; restrain your enthusiasm. informal 1999 Colin Dexter The Remorseful Day Hold your horses! One or two things I'd like you to check first, just to make it one hundred per cent. See also: hold, horse Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary hold your ˈhorses (informal) used for asking somebody to stop for a moment, speak more slowly, etc: Hold your horses! We haven’t finished the last question yet. See also: hold, horse Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary hold one’s horses tv. to wait up; to relax and slow down; to be patient. (Usually a command.) Now, just hold your horses and let me explain. See also: hold, horse McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions hold (one's) horses To restrain oneself. See also: hold, horse American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. hold your horses Be patient. Originally this nineteenth-century Americanism directly instructed the driver to hold his team of horses, and later it became a colloquial imperative to slow down and wait. See also: hold, horse The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: hold horses hold one’s horses hold one's 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 Hold your horses was a warning to citizens on horseback who were near the circus parade route on city streets. Language and the circus "It is going to be horrible; there's no question about it" Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt on the effect of Government cuts "Hold your horses world. THEY SAID WHAT? "It is [...] If the answer is yes, and it doesn't work, hold your horses and hold on to those cords! Helmet communication cord problems Well, hold your horses, buddy, because I think you'll find the answer to high fuel costs is right here much closer to home...in fact, right under your nose. Problem is fuel's gold HOLD your horses! Training for the Panto Horse Grand National got under way when competing steeds turned up at Birmingham's City Plaza for a bit of horseplay ahead of Sunday's big race. And they're off! Oh yes they are; Panto horses all set for their own Grand National Well, hold your horses because we don't think it's actually happening. TV LAND: ..down the drain Third-placed Hold Your Horses made a mistake at the final ditch but shaped well. Point-To-Point: Varykinov spot-on after win HOLD YOUR HORSES: Noyan almosts unseats his jockey as winner Florida Pearl (left) comes through in yesterday's Martell Cup Picture: COLIN LANE Ginger fury as House falls through HOLD your horses and have a gander at this new book. Book uses its loaf to find origins of words HOLD YOUR HORSES: Shane O'Sullivan has fun in the paddock with Falabella Cait, who is only 30 inches tall, and her three-day-old foal Roisin, 16 inches 30-INCH HORSE HAS A 16-INCH FOAL
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