It's been over a century since the internal combustion engine trumped old fashioned horsepower. It is interesting however that horse idioms remain entrenched in the language. Consider the following: (And how about some empathy for those just learning our language!)...don't look a gift horse in the mouth/leading a horse to water../straight from the horse's mouth/ Charlie horse/beating a dead horse/eating like a horse/ I could eat a horse/get off your high horse/hold your horses/horse sense/ horsing around/ horse play/carts before horses/a dark horse/One horse town/horse feathers ......and these are just a few examples of how the English language was influenced by shutting the doors After the horse expressions left the barn.
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