" holding your horses "

 [ "Hold Your Horses" ]

1: Hold on; be patient.

  * e.g.,  ... Hold your horses, dear. 

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1: Another way of saying "slow down" or "stop." Usually used when someone is being hasty about something and a wiser person says "Hold your horses!" to make them stop and think. Encourages someone to have caution.

  * e.g.,  ... "Hold your horses," said Joe, "you don't know when the movie even starts." 

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2: Based on the times when people used wagons or carriages, and when they needed to keep them under control they would need to literally hold the horses back from running.

 [ "hold your horses" ]

1: It means to get your excitement under control../ (see cool yer jets)

  * e.g.,  ... Hold your horses, you'll get your turn. 

 [ "hold your horses" ]

1: a request to wait

  * e.g.,  ... Whoa, hold your horses there, big guy. We're not leaving yet. 

 [ "hold your horses" ]

1: Wait up. Don't get started yet. From the days of horse and buggy; hold the horses so they don't run off before you're ready.

  * e.g.,  ... Hold your horses! The boss isn't here yet. 

 [ "hold your horses" ]

1: Stop what you're doing. Stop right where you are.

  * e.g.,  ... Hey! Hold your horses, big boy! Your plan is all fucked up! 

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1: Well you should. If you don't hold onto your horse while riding it, you'll fall off and end up like Christopher Reeves.

  * e.g.,  ... Long story short, hold your horses or else you'll end up like Christopher Reeves 

 [ "hold your horses" ]

1: someone is telling u to mentally stable… i could never

  * e.g.,  ... sophia: hold your horses jess jess: i could never 

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2: or your just a full on horse

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1: meant for people with an ugly laughter, because they probably just sound like a horse (shut up, be quiet, etc,...)

  * e.g.,  ... Juliette: "HYAHYAHYAHYAHYAHYA" "JULIETTE HOLD YOUR HORSES !"