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cutting edge
The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.
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cutting edge
The sharp edge of the blade of a knife.
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nut-cutting time
Time to exert maximum effort, for example, due to an approaching deadline or a looming competitive situation.
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nut-cutting time
Time to gather nuts before they are taken by other animals or buried in snow.
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horse around
To play or fiddle; to clown; to do nothing of importance or consequence.
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charley horse
A muscle cramp, usually in the thigh or leg.
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dark horse
A candidate who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.
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dark horse
An unexpected success.
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high horse
An appearance or sense of smug superiority.
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horse opera
A theatrical production, film, or program on radio or television depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western.
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horse opera
An equestrian show, as in a circus.
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horse pucky
Nonsense; feces.
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horse sense
Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom independent from, and trumping, formal education.
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horse's ass
A jerk; an unpleasant, unlikable person; an asshole.
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horse's ass
A thing or person which is visually unappealing.
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horse's mouth
Source; someone who directly experienced or witnessed something.
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rocking horse
toy
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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flog a dead horse
To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.
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flog a dead horse
To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more.
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one-horse town
A very small town.
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rocking horse shit
A metaphor for something exceedingly rare or, more likely, nonexistent.
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rocking-horse shit
Alternative form of rocking horse shit.
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horse of a different color
An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.
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on one's high horse
Self-righteous; proceeding on the belief one is more correct or proper than others.
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pissin like a race horse
To urinate profusely.
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see a man about a horse
A message signaling one needs to go missing for a short while, for any reason, without giving a real explanation.
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get off one's high horse
To stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.
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straight from the horse's mouth
Directly from the source; firsthand.
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a camel is a horse designed by a committee
An expression critical of committees
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don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Do not unappreciatively question a gift or handout too closely.
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never look a gift horse in the mouth
Alternative form of don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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close the stable door after the horse has bolted
To attempt to prevent a problem only to find it has already happened.
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put the cart before the horse
To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities.
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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.
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cut off
To remove via cutting.
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cut down
To bring down by cutting.
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hack into
To reduce something to by hacking with a cutting instrument.
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muck out
To clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel.
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rein in
To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins.
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tack up
To prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with tack.
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against the grain
To sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.
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also ran
unplaced horse
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barrel
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
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behind the bit
An equestrian term, meaning that the horse is evading the bit.
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bridle path
track suitable for horse riding
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come a cropper
To fall headlong from a horse.
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cut short
Make shorter by cutting.
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free rein
Loose rein, as of a horse.
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go off at score
Of a horse, to break suddenly into a gallop; of a person, suddenly to say or do something impetuous.
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