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Examples

  • I really shouldn't look a gifthorse in the mouth I know.

    dulligirl Diary Entry dulligirl 2003

  • Surely this is a gifthorse waiting for a plaintiff lawyer firm to turn into a class action where one would hope the court's remedy would be to order the money to be handed to an alcohol education foundation

    Crikey » Canberra Calling 2009

  • We realise of course that although we really shouldn't look a gifthorse in the mouth, we would be eternally grateful if we could get the shape without feeling and looking like we've been strapped into a surgical bandage.

    Knickers: The lingerie weblog 2009

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  • I first looked at this word thinking the "th" was a syllable, and I was thinking.. gifTHorse.. what on earth.. now I get it.

    June 24, 2009

  • I never look at this word in the mouth

    June 24, 2009