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Hold your horses
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Hold your horses
means to slow down, wait, or be patient. It’s usually used when someone is acting too quickly or getting ahead of themselves.
Examples:
1- He almost hit ‘send’ on the angry email, but his coworker told him to hold his horses and cool off first.
2- Fans were sure the artist would release a new album, but she told them to hold their horses—she’s still recording.
Hello and welcome back to Daily English! Today’s idiom is “Hold your horses.” One more time—hold your horses.
Let’s see if you can guess what it means from these clues:
Your friend is rushing to buy something expensive, and you say, “Hold your horses—there might be a better deal tomorrow.”
A kid is already trying to open all the birthday presents, and her mom says, “Hey! Hold your horses!”
What does “hold your horses” mean? To hold your horses means to slow down, wait, or be patient. It’s usually used when someone is acting too quickly or getting ahead of themselves.
💬 Examples: “I know you’re excited to post it, but hold your horses—let’s proofread it first.”
“He almost hit ‘send’ on the angry email, but his coworker told him to hold his horses and cool off first.”
“Fans were sure the artist would release a new album, but she told them to hold their horses—she’s still recording.”
Fun fact:
This idiom comes from the days of horse-drawn carriages. If you were moving too fast, someone might yell at you to “hold your horses!”—literally.
Your Turn!: Can you think of a time when someone told you to hold your horses—or when you had to tell someone else to slow down?
What were they in such a rush to do?