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Brewer's: High Horse

To be on the high horse or To ride the high horse. To be over-bearing and arrogant. (For explanation see Horse, “To get upon your high horse”.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…

Brewer's: Gift-horse

Don't look a gift-horse in the mouth. When a present is made, do not inquire too minutely into its intrinsic value. Latin: “Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.” “Si quis det mannos ne…

Brewer's: Gonnella's Horse

Gonnella, the domestic jester of the Duke of Ferrara, rode on a horse all skin and bone. The jests of Gonnella are in print. “His horse was as lean as Gonnella's, which (as the Duke said…

Brewer's: Green Horse

(The). The 5th Dragoon Guards; so called because they are a horse regiment, and have green for their regimental facings. Now called “The Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards.”…

Brewer's: Clydesdale Horses

Scotch draught-horses, not equal to Shire-horses in size, but of great endurance. (See Shire Horses) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Clym of the…

Brewer's: Cock-horse

To ride-a-cock-horse. To sit astride a person's foot or knee while he dances or tosses it up and down. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cock Lane GhostCock-…

Brewer's: Caligula's Horse

Incitatus. It was made a priest and consul, had a manger of ivory, and drank wine from a golden goblet. (See Horse.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Castor's Horse

Cyllaros. Virgil ascribes him to Pollux. (Geor., iii.) (See Horse.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CasuistCastor A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Brewer's: Blood-horse

(A). A thorough-bred. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BloodhoundBlood-guiltiness A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Brewer's: Black Horse

The 7th Dragoon Guards, or “the Princess Royal's D.G.” Their “facings” are black. Also called “Strawboots,” “The Blacks.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…