wild horses

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Noun

wild horses

  1. plural of wild horse
  2. (idiomatic) A force not subject to human control and normally stronger than a man.
    Wild horses wouldn't have kept me from going to the party.
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Usage notes

  • The idiomatic usage is almost always limited to expressions of the form "wild horses couldn't" or "wild horses wouldn't".
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