horse and foot
The cavalry and infantry; hence all one's forces; with all one's might.
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horse and rabbit stew
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
horse armor
A useless or unnecessary feature or product
horse around
To fool around or waste time
horse buss
A kiss with a loud smack; also a bite.
horse chaunter
A dealer who takes worthless horses to country fairs and disposes of them by artifice. He is generally an unprincipled fellow, and will put in a glass eye, fill a beast with shot, plug him with ginger, or in fact do anything so that he sells to advantage. See COPER.
horse collar
The vagina.
horse coser
A dealer in horses: vulgarly and corruptly pronounced HORSE COURSER. The verb TO COSE was used by the Scots, in the sense of bartering or exchanging.
horse godmother
A large masculine woman, a gentlemanlike kind of a lady.
horse ladder
A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring farm house, to borrow a horse ladder, in order to get up the horses, to finish a hay-mow.
horse nails
At the game of cribbage, when a player finds it his policy to keep his antagonist back, rather than push himself forward, and plays accordingly, he is sometimes said "to feed his opponent on HORSE NAILS."
horse of a different color
A completely different matter or issue
horse opera
a Western movie or television show
horse pill
a large or unpleasant pill
horse sense
Practical common sense; the term originated in western U.S.A.
horse tranquilizer
A strong sedative or intoxicant
horse's ass
a foolish or stupid person
horse's meal
A meal without drinking.
horse's mouth
directly from the original or most reliable source
horse-hung
Having a large penis.
horseback opinion
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
horsehide
A baseball.
horseradish
Nonsense.
horses
Horsepower.
horseshoe up one's ass
to have extremely good luck
horseshoes and handgrenades
Close enough, but not quite accurate
horsey
Like a groom or jockey. Applied also to persons who affect the turf in dress or conversation.
horse’s nightcap
A halter; "to die in a HORSE’S NIGHTCAP," to be hanged.
hose down
to stop or silence someone
hossie
hospital
host is carried to sick people
In pre-Reforma- tion England it was a vessel, often in the shape of a dove, suspended above the altar, in which the sacrament was reserved. Only in the churches of Amiens and Valloires is such a pyx now permitted.
hot air
Empty talk, boasting, threats, etc.; bombast. Hence, a hot-air merchant* one whose "vaporizings" are "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"; a declamatory windbag.
hot and bothered
Annoyed and agitated, often due to frustration or irritation
hot and cold
having mixed or contradictory feelings
hot and heavy
Intense.
hot and high
relating to aircraft performance at high temperatures and altitudes
hot and hot
Hot dishes served in succession at a meal.
hot as fire
Very hot
hot cockles
A Christmas game. One blind- folded knelt down, and being struck had to guess who gave the blow.
hot coppers
The feverish sensations experienced in the morning by those who have been drunk over-night.
hot desking
Sharing a workspace with others who use it at different times
hot garbage
Something of extremely poor quality
hot hand
Someone on a successful streak
hot minute
a short period of time
hot off the presses
Recently released or published
hot on
very close to something, especially in pursuit or investigation
hot on someone's heels
Following someone very closely
hot on the trail
very close to finding or achieving something
hot pot
Ale and brandy made hot.
hot rod
The penis.
hot sheet
a list of stolen goods
hot shit
Something or someone excellent or of high quality
hot stomach
He has so hot a stomach, that he burns all the clothes off his back; said of one who pawns his clothes to purchase liquor.
hot stuff
Someone or something extremely attractive or exciting
hot stuff
Formerly said of a girl or woman who indulged in violent flirtations often carried beyond the limits of good behaviour.
hot tiger
An Oxford mixture of hot-spiced ale and sherry.
hot to trot
Eager to start something, especially a new project or activity
hot under the collar
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hot water
Trouble or difficulty
hotter than a pistol
Extremely attractive or exciting
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