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单词 if wishes were horses
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if wishes were horses


If one could readily have what one wanted, life would be easy. For example, Wendy would love a brand-new car for her sixteenth birthday but—if wishes were horses. This expression is a shortening of If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs.

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If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the mountain, if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain, If the shoe fits, wear it, Ifugao, IFV, if wishes were horses, If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride, if worst comes to worst, -ify, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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