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Cade riding his horse birthday gift

By admin on May. 22, 2010.

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Frasier The Gift Horse part 1

By admin on May. 5, 2010.

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Frasier The Gift Horse part 1

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What does "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" mean?

By admin on Apr. 30, 2010.

I have heard this several times over my life and I still have NO idea what it means…

One way to tell the quality of a horse is to look in its mouth and the condition of its teeth… if you are buying a horse this is part of the inspection, but if someone GIVES you a horse, just say "Thank You."

just what exactly is a gift horse and why cant you look it in the mouth?

By admin on Apr. 27, 2010.

A gift horse is a horse that was given as a gift. You look at a horses teeth to see how old it is. If someone gives you a gift, don’t criticize it or look for flaws in it.

Where did the phrase ‘never look a gift horse in the mouth’ originate?

By admin on Apr. 24, 2010.

In days of yore, in the American colonies, when horses were sold, the buyers, if smart, would open the horse’s mouth and check the condition of its teeth to determine if the seller was being truthful about its age. But when a horse was a gift, it was of course considered impolite to check out the correct age of the gift, as if to imply the giver was somehow not as generous as he was pretending.
Thus when referring to the proper way to express gratitude for favors, the phrase "never look a gift horse in the mouth" caught on as an amusing and appropriate description of the recommended behavior.

Black Box Recorder – Gift Horse

By admin on Apr. 21, 2010.

They’re digging up human remains
In Notting Hills..
Behind the screens, behind the wall
In our backgarden..

Don’t you know when you’re well off?
Don’t you know when times are good?

I just want to be loved..
I just want to be loved…
I just want to be loved….
I Just Want to Be Loved…..

They’re asking questions door to door
Our friends in neighbours..
They’re piecing it together now
In perfect order…

Don’t you know when you’re well off?
Make the best of English weather
Sort the roses ’round the door
We’ll be growing old together

I just want to be loved..
I just want to be loved…
I just want to be loved….
I Just Want to Be Loved…..

Don’t you know when you’re well off?
Don’t look a gift horse in the mounts..

I just want to be loved..
I just want to be loved…
I just want to be loved…
I just want to be loved….
I Just Want To Be Loved…..
I JUST WANT TO BE LOVED…….

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Where dose the phrase "never look a gift horse in the mouth" come from?

By admin on Apr. 21, 2010.

give details

You can tell the age of a horse by looking at its teeth. If you were buying a horse, you would examine its mouth to check its condition. But it would be rude to check the condition of a horse you were given as a gift.

What is the origin of "Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth?"?

By admin on Apr. 18, 2010.

Diesel got it right.

The Trojan Horse is the source of the saying "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts"–the exact opposite of "don’t look a gift horse in the mouth"

Where does the saying "don’t look a gift horse in the mouth" come from?

By admin on Apr. 15, 2010.

Meaning

Don’t be ungrateful when you receive a gift.

Origin

This comes into the category of phrases called proverbs, that is, ’short and expressive sayings, in common use, which are recognized as conveying some accepted truth or useful advice’.

As horses age their teeth begin to project further forward each year and so their age can be estimated by checking how prominent the teeth are. This incidentally is also the source of another teeth/age related phrase – long in the tooth.

The advice given in the ‘don’t look…’ proverb is: when given a present, be grateful for your good fortune and don’t look for more by examining it to assess its value.

As with most proverbs the origin is ancient and unknown. We have some clues with this one however. The phrase was originally "don’t look a given horse in the mouth" and first appears in print in 1546 in John Heywood’s A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue, where he gives it as:

Ever heard the saying "Don’t stare a gift horse in the face"?

By admin on Apr. 12, 2010.

…is that a Greek metaphor, what is the origins of this phrase?

The saying goes "don’t look a gift horse in the mouth". This is because you can tell a horse’s age by the appearance of its teeth (like you can tell the age of a tree by the rings in its trunk), so looking it in the mouth would be an insult to the person giving it to you, because you’re basically accusing him/her of giving you the proverbial old gray mare who ain’t what she used to be.

The other proverb you’re thinking of is "beware of Greeks bearing gifts", which goes back to the Trojan horse.