wooden mare
wooden mare
An ancient torture device involving a wooden horse, typically used for military punishments. I was so terrified of what my parents would do when they found out I'd failed my exam that I had visions of them making me ride the wooden mare.
See also: mare, wooden
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- terrify or an animal out of
- wooden top
- knock on wood
- opposite sex
- the opposite sex
- suck in
- what (one) has coming
- from afar