hold one's horses

English

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Verb

hold one 's horses

(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
Icelandic: róa sig, bíða (is), stilla sig
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ta det med ro, avvente (no)

Russian: (по)придержи коней impf or pf (hold the horses)
Spanish: apaciguar sus aguas (to calm one's waters)

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