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Horse sense   /hɔrs sɛns/   Listen
Horse sense

noun
1.
Sound practical judgment.  Synonyms: common sense, good sense, gumption, mother wit, sense.  "He hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples" , "Fortunately she had the good sense to run away"






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"Horse sense" Quotes from Famous Books



... said—"Really now, Dr. Parkman, don't you feel that a broader culture is the real need of the medical profession?" and Parkman had retorted, "Shouldn't wonder, but has it ever struck you, Dr. Lane, that a little more horse sense is the real need of the university professor?" He declared, grimly, as he finally drew his car to a snorting stop at the university that he would have to try some other method than "firing his soul," as Ernestine had bade him do. "In the first place," he figured it out, "he has no soul, ...
— The Glory Of The Conquered • Susan Glaspell



Words linked to "Horse sense" :   judgement, judgment, road sense, nous, sagaciousness, mother wit, sense, gumption, sagacity, good sense, common sense, logic, discernment



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