🐴 Horse
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink"
Meaning
You can give someone a chance, but you cannot force them to use it.
About the horse
Horses have long been work and racing animals, so their idioms describe effort, priorities, and stubborn resistance.
Example sentence
Mum bought me running shoes, but she couldn't make me exercise.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
You can give someone a chance, but you cannot force them to use it.
More horse idioms
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"Straight from the horse's mouth"
Information received directly from the person who knows the truth.
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"Dark horse"
A person who surprises everyone by doing very well.
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"Hold your horses"
Wait a moment; do not rush.
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"Eat like a horse"
To eat a lot.
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"A horse of a different color"
A completely different matter.
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"Flogging a dead horse"
Wasting effort on something that cannot succeed.