農歷馬年一天天離我們近了，你都做了哪些準備來迎接這新的一年呢？辦年貨、買新衣之類的準備我們就不操心了，今天我們跟大家一起來學點新鮮的，英語中跟horse有關的一些短語表達還是很有意思的，學一點過年的時候跟親朋們秀一秀也不錯吧！

1. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 不要對別人送的禮物過于挑剔

Angela: "This shirt you gave me is not my favorite brand."

你送我的那件襯衫不是我最喜歡的牌子。

Andy: "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! That was the best they had."

別挑刺兒了，那是他們那兒最好的了。

2. horse sense 基本常識

She's got too much horse sense to believe his story.

豐富的常識使她不相信他的說辭。

3. put the cart before the horse 本末倒置

To get married first and then get a job is putting the cart before the horse.

先結婚再找工作是本末倒置。

4. horsing around 胡鬧

You can't trust Michael to do anything – he's always horsing around.

你不能讓邁克做任何事，他總是在胡鬧。

5. hold your horses 別著急，耐心點兒。

Hold your horses! We're not ready to go yet.

別著急，我們還沒準備好呢。

6. Wild horses couldn't drag him away 全心投入

Once Elaine starts playing a video game, wild horses can't drag her away from it.

一旦伊蓮開始玩游戲，野馬也沒法把她從屏幕前拉走。

7. a horse laugh 狂笑，譏笑，不信任的笑

At the end of the joke she gave a horse laugh that could be heard a street away.

在那個笑話結束時，她發出一陣狂笑，隔著一條街都能聽到。

8. a horse of a different color 完全是另一回事

Taking the exam is one thing but passing it is a horse of a different color.

考試是一回事；通過考試又是另一回事。

9. be on one's high horse 趾高氣揚，藐視他人

Since Bob was elected president of the club, he's been up on his high horse.

自從鮑勃當選為俱樂部主席以來，他就趾高氣揚起來了。

10. beat a dead horse 徒勞無益，白費口舌

I hate to beat a dead horse, but it is very important that you understand this before you leave.

我不想多此一舉，但你離開以前必須了解這個。

11. clothes horse 愛打扮，趕時髦的人

Princess Diana was a real clothes horse. It's hard to imagine how much she had spent on clothes.

黛安娜王妃是一個很講究穿戴的人，很難想象她花在衣服上的錢有多少。

此外clothes horse figure 指“衣服架子”，就是那種穿什么都好看的人。

12. one-horse town 落后的小地方

Then Beijing was a gray, drab, one-horse town where the main means of transportation was the bicycle.

那時的北京是一個灰色、乏味、設施簡陋的城市，主要交通工具是自行車。

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（中國日報網英語點津 Helen）

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