🐴 Horse
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth"
Meaning
Do not complain about something given to you for free.
About the horse
Horses have long been work and racing animals, so their idioms describe effort, priorities, and stubborn resistance.
Example sentence
Auntie gave me a small phone. I thanked her and didn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Do not complain about something given to you for free.
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.