hold one's horses

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hold one's horses

1. (idiomatic) To be patient; to wait.
   • 1921, Booth Tarkington, chapter 24, in Alice Adams:

     "I'm going to tell you, ain't I?" he said, gruffly. "Just hold your horses a minute, please."

   • 2007, "Force is last resort in Iranian crisis," forbes.com/Thomson Financial News, 17 Sep. (retrieved 5 Oct. 2008):

     "I would ask everybody to hold their horses until we go through the process," ElBaradei said.

Synonyms

• hold one's water; See also Thesaurus:wait

Translations

idiomatic: to be patient

• Czech: krotit se, držet se na uzdě
• Danish: klappe hesten, spise brød til
• French: minute, papillon (just a minute, butterfly)
• Icelandic: róa sig, bíða (is), stilla sig
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ta det med ro, avvente (no)

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• Russian: придержи́ коне́й (priderží konéj), попридержи́ коне́й (popriderží konéj)
• Portuguese: aguentar os cavalos (to hold the horses)
• Spanish: apaciguar sus aguas (to calm one's waters)