Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse that is given as a present.
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- noun Attributive form of
gift horse
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Examples
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But as she sauntered to the front doors, she thought about that ole gift-horse saying.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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And although the IRGC has been behaving in Iraq, not wanting to kick the American gift-horse in the teeth, wait until we leave and the real power in Iraq emerges.
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For I doubt Hamas is turning an indifferently blind eye to the gaping open propaganda gift-horse maw landed them by these attacks.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Be not too curious about the mouth of a gift-horse.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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We none of us like to look a gift-horse in the mouth.
The Three Clerks 2004
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But we will not now look a gift-horse in the mouth.
Barchester Towers 2004
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Hilary's daughter was about to look a gift-horse in the mouth!
Marriage At A Price Lee, Miranda 2001
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But classical scholars are the sort of people who will look a gift-horse in the mouth, and I write about two things in the review that puzzled me a little.
Bearing Gifts Lloyd-Jones, Hugh 1976
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Intrinsic worth and dividend-paying value holds sway, and even the gift-horse is looked in the mouth while the priceless motive that prompted its giving is forgotten.
A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Charles Stewart Given
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Upon the principle "Never look a gift-horse in the mouth," Jim and Leo were not disposed to find anything amiss with the present.
Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir Mary Catherine Crowley
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