horsesense

"Most people with a lick of horsesense can distinguish between the classes of irretrievably dead and could be resuscitated in the future."

May 14th, 2007 2007

One thing about it, nothing has really happened to country music, it still is a genre that has a true heart, founded on the things cowhands find on the range, the heart of the cowhand, free roaming animals, men with cowsense and horsesense, that still near a river and the big, wide lonesome.

'Nashville Star' recap: When judges attack | EW.com 2008

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Excerpt: Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer 2005

Classify me with you, (Wise, Commonsense, horsesense, understsnding, etc … whatever you want to name it).

Think Progress » Bush Delegation Stages “Walk Out” at Climate Talks 2005

What I meant, when I said this lacks dignity is this: That the man who stays at homeindeed, that callous loafer had what the Americans call, the horsesense to put his finger on the weak spot of the whole situation The man who stays at home today can turn to the representative who comes back disabled for life and say: Why did you go on the venture?

The Duty of Canada and Her Sons to the Empire 1916

You have been a soldier yourself and know that I am talking good horsesense, and I want to say to you that whatever the outcome of this dispute may be, if yours are the best cattle, you may count on my support until the drums beat tattoo.

The Outlet Andy Adams 1897

At least in the real world, people have the good horsesense to resist sitting right down at the table, unsolicited, and launching into banalities.

Deadspin 2008

Al’s sighs of impatience while debating George W. Bush symbolized the frustration of the liberal elite when confounded by simple horsesense.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize: 2007