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Gift horse   /gɪft hɔrs/   Listen
Gift horse

noun
1.
A gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically.





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"Gift horse" Quotes from Famous Books



... take the most pains. Let sleeping dogs lie. Let them laugh that win. Make hay while the sun shines. Many a true word is spoken in jest. Many hands make light work. Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Necessity is the mother of invention. Old birds are not to be caught with chaff. Old friends and old wine are best. One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a winter. People who live in glass houses should never throw ...
— My Book of Indoor Games • Clarence Squareman


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