It didn’t occur to me until we owned a horse just how many times we use common horse sayings. I’m amazed how common these saying are, even though they seem to have origins many years ago before the automobile was common. I’m sure I’m forgetting some good ones but these are really funny to me now that we have horses:
- “Hold your horses!”
- “Get off your high horse.”
- “Hey, your barn door is open.”
- “That’s like putting the cart before the horse.”
- “Aw, blow it out your nose” (applies to multiple animals, I know)
- “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” (my non-gift horse would prefer I not look in her mouth either)
- “He’s got horse sense” (Is this a compliment or an insult?)
- “I got it straight from the horse’s mouth” (Ick!)
- “…a horse of a different color” (you know “brown” isn’t really a horse color, right?)
- “Hey!” (trust me, it’s funny up to 30 times a day when you work with hay all the time.)
and my favorite:
- “Why the long face?”
Can you think of any more?
“Hay is for horses not for cows that’s why you have big eyebrows”. LOL!This saying is actually probably only said by myself and my old highschool friend. I really don’t know what it means or where it came from. It’s silliness
I always wondered where the word ‘Nay’ came from. Sounds like Neigh to me!
Or you can “Nay at Night” http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mohannos2
And Webster’s says Nay can mean “A Wind Instrument”….along the same lines of your recent ‘horse farts’ and the actual sound of neighing or snorting….this could be quite appropriate! hehehe
How about,
hold your horses
that’s a burr under my saddle
guys got no horse sense
chomping at the bit
Not exactly horse related but I’ve always loved, “he’s all hat and no horse…”
Great site folks, thanks!
Oh, good ones, thanks guys. I knew I missed a few and hadn’t heard of some.
When someone says “Hey!” Say “Straw is cheaper, grass is free, you live on a farm you get all three!”
How about this one………..
That person looks like they were “rode hard and put away wet”
lol they’re good
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
hehe i love this 1!!
*when the riders nut the horse bolts!!
*3 barrels 2 hearts 1 passion
I love these ones:
-”No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.”
-”He knows when you’re happy,
He knows when you’re comfortable,
He knows when you’re confident,
And he always knows when you have carrots.”
You can take the horse out of the wild but you can’t take the wild out of a horse!
‘It’s a lot like nuts and bolts- if the rider’s nuts, the horse bolts!’
‘If you want a stable friendship, get a horse.’
‘A canter is a cure for every evil’
‘I can tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary’
When I was a kid I remember hearing said, “I’m going to see a man about a horse.” This was a polite way of saying that you were visiting the rest room.
Horses are uncomfortable in the middle and dangerous at both ends.
Its not really a saying but I always thought it was cute.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink!
That’s a horse of another color!
Oh, Horse feather’s!
Stop Horsing around!
Peeing like a rushing race horse!
um… and some other really impolite horse anatomy references….
Here are a few that I like…
“The horse stopped with a jerk… the jerk fell off!”
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t stop him from rolling in it!” (this is SO true… btw… he isnt “playing/splashing” lol)
“Jumping is dressage with speed bumps”
Brown is actually a color haha.
Its bay but with light brown, kind of tan, ‘points’ (tips of ears, mane, tail, muzzle, legs). Many people mistake them for bays. But a bay has black points. So next time you see a horse that looks like a bay, look at its points. If they’re actually a shade of brown, not black, then its a brown horse =D
OK here is one you must of forgot…. ” Your not a true horsewoman if you havent got bucked or fell off 10 times” Oh and really good sayings!
if horse knowledge was money we would all be rich!
a horse is nature’s lawn mower
a canter is a cure for every evil
feeling down? saddle Up!
horses lend us the wings we lack
3 barrels 2 hearts 1 passion
i thought these were good but i’m still looking for appropriate and funny sayings to put on a horse trailer
I can swap gossip with friends, jokes with my mom, but i can only swap secrets with my horse!
I’ve spent most of my life riding the rest i just wasted!
Cowgirl: a better looking cowboy with brains!
“Riding is the art of keep the horse between you and the ground.”
Every horse deserves to be loved by a little girl at least once in their life♥
Horse are scared of two things:
1.Things that move
2.Things that don’t
The hardest thing about riding is the ground!
3 barrels 2 hearts one passion (thats for all you barrel racers out there)
dont be scared to fall off a horse the ground will always be there to catch you
gor forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses
If you’re a cowboy and you’re dragging a guy behind your horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back and the guy was reading a magazine.
A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
when people think nothing of you mention you have horses and then when they ask to come over right away just say no i think i’m busy hanging out with people whom care about me and not just about my horse then walk away….
Dreams: Thoughts that carry you out to the barn every day.
people are not like horses. horses never lie behind your back.
“I had a dream i was watching my life on a film.
Through the good times, i saw a set of footprints and hoofprints, side by side.
But during the bad times, all i saw were hoofprints.
Thats when i realized, through the bad times,
YOU CARRIED ME”
♥♥♥
it is not the fall off the horse that hurts it is the sudden stop
I had a dream i was watching my life on a film.
Through the good times, i saw a set of footprints and hoofprints, side by side.
But during the bad times, all i saw were hoofprints.
Thats when i realized, through the bad times,
YOU CARRIED ME
if wishes were horses beggars would ride
(about a difference of opinion)-and that’s why there are horse races
Ummmmm ……
3 barrels 2 hearts 1 dream
is my favorite !
-Seven days without a horse makes one weak
-A horse cannot talk but can speak if you listen
-If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong
-The worst part about riding is when you dismount
-An english horse has grace
A western horse has pleasure
My horse has it ALL
-If there are no horses in heaven… I’m not going
This ones not about horses but I like it
-Animal eyes have the power to speak a great language
I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.
OR
I gotta pee like a race horse.
OR
You’re as healthy as a horse.
say yay or nay(neigh) that is what i say with my horse when i want her to do something
Out with the horse hockey
who remembers the saying:
hay is for horses
straw is for cows
(i forget this verse)
But farmers show’em how
I have been wracking my brain to think of that middle verse, can anyone help?