piss like a racehorse
English
Alternative forms
- piss like a horse, piss like a Russian racehorse
Etymology
An emphatic form of the earlier expression piss like a horse, after the great volume of urine produced by horses every 4 hours or so.
Verb
piss like a racehorse (third-person singular simple present pisses like a racehorse, present participle pissing like a racehorse, simple past and past participle pissed like a racehorse)
Hypernyms
See also
- work like a horse, eat like a horse
- stale (to urinate, used of horses and cattle)
References
- David Sessions, "Does a Racehorse Pee Like a Racehorse?" Slate, 8 June 2007.
- "The Origin of the Expression 'Piss Like a Racehorse'", Today I Found Out, 21 July 2015.
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