Current Events > I just found out that "hold your horses" means be stable

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Touch
12/30/19 5:18:54 AM
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squee
12/30/19 5:20:37 AM
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the phrase 'close the stable door after the horse has bolted' means that the horse has escaped by breaking the bolt on the stable door and thus by closing it you are in fact not closing it fully as the horse has broken the bolt

i learned that from my drunk teacher
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viewmaster_pi
12/30/19 5:22:11 AM
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what did you think it meant before

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aki_sora
12/30/19 5:26:04 AM
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I thought it mean boner
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SiO4
12/30/19 5:31:48 AM
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I know someone who didn't know, "Hay is for Horses."
He really didn't know that horses eat hay. SMFH.
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Touch
12/30/19 5:45:57 AM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
what did you think it meant before
Idk. Never really thought about it too much.

Edit: I mean, I know it meant calm/slow down. But the literal stable being something that holds horses is awesome

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viewmaster_pi
12/30/19 5:51:22 AM
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oh, i get what you mean

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Laserion
12/30/19 5:55:28 AM
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So, it's not about holding them from running too fast, as in when pulling your carriage?
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