1. a horse pill 大藥丸，大型丸劑

    This is not a horse pill. This is your pain pill which doctor prescribed.
這不是大藥片。這就是醫(yī)生給你開(kāi)的止疼藥。

    2. a horse laugh狂笑，譏笑，不信任的笑

    At the end of the joke she gave a horse laugh that could be heard
a street away.在那個(gè)笑話結(jié)束時(shí)，她發(fā)出一陣狂笑，隔著一條街都能聽(tīng)到。

    3. a horse of a different color 完全是另一回事

    Taking the exam is one thing but passing it is a horse of a different
color.考試是一回事；通過(guò)考試又是另一回事。

    4. be on one's high horse 趾高氣揚(yáng)，藐視他人

    Since Bob was elected president of the club ， he's been up on his
high horse. 自從鮑勃當(dāng)選為俱樂(lè)部主席以來(lái)，他就趾高氣揚(yáng)起來(lái)了。

    5. beat a dead horse徒勞無(wú)益，白費(fèi)口舌

    I hate to beat a dead horse ， but it is very important that you understand
this before you leave.我不想多此一舉，但你離開(kāi)以前必須了解這個(gè)。

    6. hold one's horse 忍耐，鎮(zhèn)靜，別沖動(dòng)

    Dad ， please hold your horse before you get mad at me……

    爸，在對(duì)我發(fā)火之前，請(qǐng)你忍耐一下……

    7. clothes horse愛(ài)打扮，趕時(shí)髦的人

    Princess Diana was a real clothes horse. It's hard to imagine how
much she had spent on clothes.黛安娜王妃是一個(gè)很講究穿戴的人，很難想象
她花在衣服上的錢(qián)有多少。

    * 此外clothes horse figure指“衣服架子”，就是那種穿什么都好看的人。

    8. talk horse 吹牛

    They often talk horse when they are free. 他們有空時(shí)常常在一起吹牛。

    9. one-horse town 落后的小地方

    Then Beijing was a gray ， drab ， one-horse town where the main means
of transportation was the bicycle.那時(shí)的北京是一個(gè)灰色、乏味、設(shè)施簡(jiǎn)陋
的城市，主要交通工具是自行車(chē)。

    10. horse-and-buggy days馬車(chē)時(shí)代，以往歲月

    The post-industrial crisis always reminds citizens of the horse-and-buggy
days. 后工業(yè)時(shí)代的危機(jī)總是能讓人們回想起以往的歲月。