Hold your horses

[Kati Svaby]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #288 "English Slang Idioms (10)", question 3

"Hold your ........., young man! There's no reason to speed!" the grandmother said to her grandson as he spun his tires out of the driveway.

(a) hand
(b) hose
(c) horses
(d) tongue

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #288 "English Slang Idioms (10)", answer 3

"Hold your horses, young man! There's no reason to speed!" the grandmother said to her grandson as he spun his tires out of the driveway.

Correct answer: (c) horses
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Hold your horses=used to tell sb that you should wait a moment and not be so excited that they makew action without thinking about it.
Kati Svaby
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Kati Svaby]

Correction :used to tell that you should wait a moment and not be so excited that take action without thinking about it. /it was a typo in it/
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Puppet]

Hi,

Hold your horses means ; hey you .. keep your cool. Why are you in such a hurry?

But what does 'he spun his tires' mean? drives fast .. getting loud noise in the tire while spinning the steering wheel?

[Kati Svaby]

Hi,

I agree with you and I think your explanation is very comprehensible.
Unfortunately I don't know what means: he spun his tires...perhaps what you said: driving fast.
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Puppet]

Maybe,

Beee ... might do the trick.