Hold+Your+Horses

**Hold Your Horses! **
Have you ever thought about the expression, "Hold your horses!"

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Taken literally, this phrase says something very different that what it means. Telling someone to "hold your horses" means to slow down and wait. Considering the idiom's origins can help us understand what it means.

"The term did originate from the artillery. British soldiers stood behind their artillery. When asked by an American consultant he was told they always did it that way. Some checking revealed that when the cannon was fired the horses bolted and ran off, thus, hold your horses was forever set forth."
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_your_horses