| 单词 | to hold one's horses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold one's horses c. to hold one's horses: used esp. in imperative ( hold your horses!) = be patient, hold on! originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > be patient [phrase] hold your horses!1843 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it! > stop! or take no action! stop1570 not so fasta1593 hold your horses!1843 to hold on1846 hold it!1926 hold everything!1930 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 24 Jest hold your hosses, boys—he'll come out directly. 1844 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 16 Sept. 241/4 Oh, hold your hosses, Squire. There's no use gettin' riled, no how. 1917 Woman's Home Compan. Nov. 58 Now Phebe..you just hold your hosses and speak a little slower. 1939 Chatelaine Oct. 43/4 Hold your horses, dear. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 39 Hold your horses, hold the job until further orders. (Comes from the Artillery.) 1945 S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1947) xl. 272 Hey, hold your horses, Cass. Don't get sore. 1967 N. Fitzgerald Affairs of Death vii. 119 ‘I'm going in to the station now,’ he said. ‘Hold your horses,’ Marr said. ‘The night's young.’ < as lemmas |
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