英文中，有许多关于“马”的有趣俚语，英文老师特地整理出了 6 组包含”Horse”的俚语，无论是日常对话或是写作时都非常实用。

1. get off your high horse

请对方不要再举止傲慢、或认为自己高人一等。

ex. Get off your high horse , you aren’t as smart as you think you are.

2. eat like a horse 食量巨大

形容食量非常大。

ex. I eat like a horse.

3. to flog /beat a dead horse 徒劳无功

徒劳无功、努力没有成果。

ex. He keeps going for auditions but I think he’s flogging/beating a dead horse.

4. To hold your horses

如果你做某件事的速度太快，需要冷静下来，先停留一下或者放慢速度。

ex. She has invested a lot of money .she needs to hold her horses.

5. straight from the horse’s mouth

从消息可靠人士那边听来的。

ex. She is quitting her job, I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth.

6. to Back the wrong horse 看走眼

看走眼。

ex. I invested a lot of money on him and eventually realized I have backed a wrong horse.