Changed horses: Change a job, position or feelings for someone or change an opinion regarding something.

Locking the stable door after the horse has bolted: To take precautions after the damage has been done.

A clotheshorse: Someone who is extremely conscious of his clothing or indulges in buying a lot of clothes.

Horse sense: Common sense.

Willing horse: A person who is willing to work in any job.

Hold your horses: A command to stop or wait.

For heaven’s sake hold your horses and stop pushing! We’re trying to make room for everyone , in this hall.

The superstition that a horseshoe is a symbol of luck and good fortune comes from the following:

One day the devil, who had hoofs like those of a horse, visited a blacksmith to get a loose horseshoe nailed to the foot. The blacksmith realised that the customer was a devil and so he caused him great pain while fixing the horseshoe. The devil cried and begged for mercy. The blacksmith promised to release him if he promised never to enter a place where a horseshoe was displayed. The devil agreed and that is the reason why people still believe that a horseshoe brings good luck and fortune.

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Almost a hundred years ago, the word horse was a slang for a trick or joke played on someone. That is why now the word ‘horse-play’ and the idiom ‘horse around/about’ means to play around and indicates lack of seriousness.

Al Borak: Carried Mohammed from the earth to the seventh heaven.

Trojan Horse: A legendary wooden horse built by the Greeks to help them capture the city of Troy during the Trojan War.

Pegasus: A winged horse of the Muses. Muses were nine goddesses in the Greek mythology.

The three ways in which a horse moves are:

Eanctr

Cpea

Aglolp

Cark

Tort

Awlk

He that despise the small things, shall fall little by little. — Ecclesiasticus.

1. Canter 2. Pace 3. Gallop 4. Rack 5. Trot 6. Walk.

— Illa Vij