Get back on the horse 🦵🪃🐎
To recover from a failure or setback and try again.
Equestrian Idioms and Phrases 🐎🏇
On the home stretch 🏠🛣️
Nearing the final part or stage of a task, project, or journey.
Put through its paces 👇🛣️📦👣
To thoroughly test someone or something to assess their full capabilities, performance, or suitability for a task.
Put your money on the wrong horse 👇💰❌🐎
To make a poor choice or support a person or thing that ultimately fails or proves to be a bad investment.
Rough and tumble 🪨🤸
Characterized by physical play, disorder, or a lack of refinement and formal rules.
Take flight 🖐️🐦
To begin to fly, or to suddenly depart or escape from a place or situation.
Take the reins 🤏🐎
To assume control, leadership, or responsibility for a situation or organization.
To be champing at the bit 🦷⛓️
To be eagerly impatient to start an activity or achieve something.
Close enough for horseshoes 🤏🧲🪵
It means that something is acceptable despite not being perfectly accurate or exact, much like how getting near the target in the game of horseshoes still earns points.
Cowboy up 🤠🧍♂️
To face a difficult situation with courage, toughness, and self-reliance, without complaint.
Eat like a horse 👄🐎
To eat a very large amount of food.
Head 'em up, move 'em out 👤⬆️🚶🚪
To gather people or things and begin an activity or journey with determination and speed.
Hit the trail 👊🛣️
To leave a place and begin a journey, often implying the start of a long trip or hike.
Horse sense 🐎🧠
Horse sense refers to practical, robust common sense, especially in handling everyday situations and problems.
Obstinate as a donkey 🙅♀️🫏
This phrase describes someone who is extremely stubborn and unwilling to change their mind or actions.
Ride a hobby-horse 🧍🐎🪵
To excessively and repeatedly talk about a particular topic or idea that is a personal favorite.
Saddle up 🐴⬆️
To prepare a horse for riding, or more broadly, to get ready to begin an activity or journey.
Strong as a horse 💪🐎
Possessing exceptional physical strength and endurance.
Work like a horse ⛏️🐎
To work extremely hard, consistently, and with great effort, often for long hours.
Horse around 🐎😜
To behave in a foolish, playful, or silly way, often engaging in boisterous activity.
Hot to trot 🔥🐎
Ready and eager to start something.
Riding high 🐎⬆️
Experiencing a period of great success, popularity, or good fortune.
Triple Crown 👑👑👑
Three major championships or achievements in a particular field, especially in horse racing.
Get it straight from the horse's mouth 🐴👄
To get information directly from the person who knows the facts or has firsthand knowledge.
Riding two horses 🐴🐴
Trying to do two different things at the same time, often with the risk of failing at both.
Whoa there, cowboy ✋🛑🤠
A phrase used to tell someone to slow down, calm down, or stop being overly assertive or hasty.
Having a mare 🐎😫💥
To experience a very difficult, frustrating, or chaotic situation.
The horse is out of the barn 🐎🚪💨
A secret or something that was supposed to be hidden has been revealed.
Straining at the leash 🏃⛓️
Eager and impatient to start doing something.
Horses for courses 🐎🫕
Different people or things are suited to different tasks or situations.
To be saddled with 🐴⛓️
To be burdened with an unwanted responsibility, problem, or possession.
Close the stable door after the horse has bolted 🚪🐎💨
To take precautions after it is too late to prevent a problem.
Riding a wave of good fortune 🏄♂️🍀
Experiencing a period of unusual success and luck.
Hand over the reins ✋🏻➡️🏇
To give control or responsibility to someone else.
Get saddled with 🐎🪝
To be burdened or forced to accept something unpleasant or unwanted.
Take it all in stride 🚶♀️💨😌
To deal with difficulties calmly and without being upset.
In the saddle 🚵♂️💪
Back in a position of power, control, or responsibility after a period of absence or difficulty.
Give someone free rein 🎁➡️🐎
To allow someone complete freedom to act as they choose.
Rein in ✋🐴
To control or limit something that is increasing or developing too quickly.
Ease up on the reins ✋🏻🐎
To relax one's control or authority, becoming less strict or demanding.
Riding a wave 🏄♀️🌊⬆️
To be experiencing a period of great success and good fortune.
Rein in the horses 🐎✋
To slow down, stop, or gain control over something that is moving too fast or getting out of control.
Step back into the saddle 🚶♂️🔙🏇
To return to a position of leadership or responsibility, especially after a period of absence or a challenging experience.
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades 🤏🐴💣💥
You only achieve success if you come very near to it, or in specific contexts where near misses are considered successful.
A bit of a mare 🐎🤯
A difficult, troublesome, or chaotic situation.
A burr under the saddle 🌵🏞️🪂
A persistent annoyance or irritant that causes discomfort or discontent.
Chomping at the bit 🦷🐎
To be very eager and impatient to do something.