From where does the phrase "horsefeathers" originate?
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when i was raking the yard about a hundred horses flew over . i believe all of them where moulting. covered my damn yard with oh horsefeathers
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Original quote was by Dr. William W. Purkey, an internationally recognized leader in the theory and practice of making schools and classrooms inviting places to learn, and the co-founder of the International Alliance for Invitational Education, an organization of more than 1200 individuals who believe that schools should be engaging places where students enjoy learning.\n\nIt was made popular in the song "Come From The Heart" written by Susannah Clark and Richard Leigh.
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I think you've got a mixed metaphor there!\nThere are two phrases .... "Wild horses couldn't drag me away" - meaning that the attraction of something was so great that even the strength of wild horses wouldn't be enough to pull you away from it.\n\n"To be on tenter-hooks" means to be in a state of suspense or anxiety.
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Where did you hear this?  You may have misheard it.  There are a lot of "horse idioms" but nothing like you describe.  Perhaps it is "Wild horses would not play tag on tender hoofs" which would mean "No, I'm not going to do that"\n\nDoes that make horse sense to you, or is it horse feathers?  Either way, remember, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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Read the definition below.  It is a Latin phrase - not "coined" or "invented" by any particular individual.\n\nLiterally, the phrase is Latin for "seize the day," from carpere (to pluck, harvest, or grab) and the accusative form of die (day). The term refers to a common moral or theme in classical literature that the reader should make the most out of life and should enjoy it before it ends. Poetry or literature that illustrates this moral is often called poetry or literature of the "carpe diem" tradition.
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Everyone is wrong except the guy who said it was from Anglo-Saxon.  "F..k" has a long pedigree in the Germanic languages.  It was found in Proto-Germanic about 2500 years ago as the verb *fukan 'have intercourse'.  This was not vulgar at that time and was a euphemism for some older word.  Ultimately, it comes from Proto-Indo-European *pug- "to strike", from which we get the borrowed Latin form pugilism 'boxing'.
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The Origin of Chapstick\nThe old cowhand came riding into town on a hot, dry, dusty day. The local sheriff watched from his chair in front of the saloon as the Cowboy wearily dismounted and tied his horse to the rail a few feet in front of the sheriff. \n\n"Howdy, stranger..." \n\n"Howdy, Sheriff..." \n\nThe cowboy then moved slowly to then back of his horse, lifted its tail, and placed a big kiss were the sun don't shine. He dropped the horse's tail, stepped up on the walk, and aimed towards the swinging doors of the saloon. \n\n"Hold on, Mister..." \n\n"Sheriff?" \n\n"Did I just see what I think I just saw?" \n\n"Reckon you did, Sheriff...I got me some powerful chapped lips..." \n\n"And that cures them?" \n\n"Nope, but it keeps me from lickin' em!
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This expression, meaning "be very careful to behave correctly",\nhas been in use from the 17th century on.  Theories include:  an\nadmonishment to children learning to write; an admonishment to\ntypesetters (who had to look at the letters reversed); an\nadmonishment to seamen not to soil their navy pea-jackets with\ntheir tarred "queues" (pigtails); "mind your pints and quarts";\n"mind your prices and quality"; "mind your pieds and queues"\n(either feet and pigtails, or two dancing figures that had to be\naccurately performed); the substitution of /p/ for "qu" /kw/ in the\nspeech of uneducated ancient Romans; or the confusion by students\nlearning both Latin and Ancient Greek of such cognates as _pente_\nand _quintus_.  And yes, we've heard the joke about the instruction\nto new sextons:  "Mind your keys and pews."
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I actually have no idea! And I'm French. So I've checked in an encyclopedia, and it says that it's still open to debate.\n\nOne of the possible origins of the word would be "serpe volante", which in Latin means "serpent volant" (flying snake), or "sèrp-volante", which means the same in Occitan. It makes sense because the first kites represented snakes or dragons.\n\nIt could also come from "Ercum volanti", "Arcum valante" or "Cercum volante", which in Latin mean "Arc volant" (flying arch). So, what's the link with the deer? Well, the deer was (still is?) wearing a crown (not sure where they saw that)... I'm not sure I really understood what they meant. There was no pictures.
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Pferdestärken (German: horse power)
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It's not clear where the donkey came from, but it's believed that in the 1828 campaign, Andrew Jackson's opponent started calling him "Andrew Jackass". Rather than rebelling, Jackson latched onto the name. \n\nThe image resurfaced in the 1830s and again in a political cartoon by Thomas Nast, which depicted "a live donkey kicking a dead lion."  A few years after that, Nast depicted the Republicans as an elephant stomping on the flimsy planks of the Democrats.\n\nNast's images tended to stick in the public's minds (he's the guy who also created our modern-day conception of Santa Claus), so the symbols stuck after that.
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Its "Sic semper tyrannis" Missy!! Duuuu!\n\n Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "Thus always to tyrants". It is the state motto of Virginia (and also that of the USS Virginia), recommended by George Mason to the Virginia Convention in 1776. The phrase is attributed to Brutus at the assassination of Julius Caesar. Also, according to some witnesses, John Wilkes Booth shouted it after shooting Abraham Lincoln in 1865. In his mug shots following the Oklahoma City Bombing Timothy McVeigh is wearing a shirt with a picture of Lincoln on it and "Sic Semper Tyrannis" written below.\n\nI dont understand how you could not know this!
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) said 'England has neither eternal friends nor eternal enemies. She has only eternal interests,'  Winston Churchill once said\n\n' Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal"\n\nNot sure who said it first...
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The single riderless horse that followed the caisson with boots reversed in the stirrups is called the "caparisoned horse" in reference to its ornamental coverings, which have a detailed protocol all to themselves. By tradition in military funeral honors, a caparisoned horse follows the casket of an Army or Marine Corps officer who was a colonel or above, or the casket of a president, by virtue of having been the nation's military commander in chief.\n\nThe custom is believed to date back to the time of Genghis Khan, when a horse was sacrificed to serve the fallen warrior in the next world. The caparisoned horse later came to symbolize a warrior who would ride no more. Abraham Lincoln, who was killed in 1865, was the first U.S. president to be honored with a caparisoned horse at his funeral.
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The short answer is 'Yes'.\n\nCarriages has been known i Denmark since 2800 BC. Obviously not with horses. The horse carriage was introduced with the impact from roman culture, aprx. y. 100. It was used until the second world war. You can still see horse carriages in the streets, however as tourist attractions, and, as in UK, used by the Royals for special occasions.
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The first sentence is correct. 'Herd animals' refers to animals that herd.\nThe second sentence is correct.  \nThe third and fourth sentences are correct.\nThe fifth and sixth sentences need revising because they are not precisely clear.\nHorses do carry humans but we tend to say they carry people. Also "...before approximately 5000 years." should either be "for approximately 5000 years" or "since 3000 B.C."\nFor the sixth sentence you should be aware that horses pull chariots and so are separate from them. \n\nMain Entry: 1char·i·ot \nPronunciation: 'cher-E-&t, 'cha-rE-\nFunction: noun\nEtymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from charrier to transport, from char vehicle, from Latin carrus -- more at CAR\n1 : a light four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage\n2 : a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle car of ancient times used also in processions and races \n\nPersonally I would change the structure of those two sentences  to say this,\n" People have been riding horses for at least 5000 years. The earliest archeolgical evidence shows that they were used in warfare for pulling chariots."\nI suggest your friend talks about a subject he or she knows well. \nIf the subject  - equestrianism - was selected by your teacher rather than chosen by you then I am afraid your friend will have to do their own research. \nI wish you well and  hope this helps. Good luck with your talk.
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She's old.\n\nThe expression derives from horses, of all things. As horses age, their gums recess, which is the origin of the practice of examining a horse's teeth to determine its age (and therefore value), a sort of early version of kicking the tires. (Horse traders, like used-car salesman, are not to be trusted.) An old horse's gums will have recessed so much that the roots of the teeth are visible, thus making the teeth appear longer--hence long in the tooth to mean 'old', and hence used figuratively paralleling figurative senses of 'old' such as 'past one's prime'