We’ve heard these phrases many times. Here’s a look at their origins. It’s a cinch many animal health pros have no point of reference for some of these unless you’re getting long in the tooth.
Source: Horse Channel, March 29, 2016.
Our language is full of phrases that might have formerly meant one thing, and now mean something else entirely. When it comes to horses, modern English is full of phrases and clichés with an equine origin. Sometimes these phrases can still mean what they originally did, but many times a more generic meaning has come to be attached to them.