horses in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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I.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] N

II.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] VB trans

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III.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] VB intr

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IV.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs]

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I could eat a horse
ho una fame da lupi
to back the wrong horse
puntare sul cavallo perdente
to eat like a horse
mangiare come un lupo or per quattro
to flog a dead horse Brit inf , to beat a dead horse Am inf
pestare l'acqua nel mortaio
(straight) from the horse's mouth information:
di prima mano
to get on one's high horse
darsi delle arie or alzare la cresta
hold your horses! inf
calma!
it's horses for courses
= persone diverse sono adatte a situazioni o compiti diversi
you can take or lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink prov
non si può fare bere un asino per forza
that's a horse of a different colour
è un altro paio di maniche
to work like a horse
lavorare come un mulo
wild horses wouldn't drag it out of me
non te lo dico neanche morto
wild horses wouldn't drag me there!
non ci andrei per tutto l'oro del mondo!

horse about VB [hɔːs -] VB [hɔːs -]

horse vaulting [ˈhɔːsˌvɔːltɪŋ] N

pommel horse [Brit, Am ˈpɑməl ˌhɔrs] N (in gymnastics)

horse doctor [ˈhɔːsˌdɒktə(r)] N inf

horse-drawn [Brit ˈhɔːsdrɔːn, Am ˈhɔrs ˌdrɔn] ADJ

hobby horse [Brit, Am ˈhɑbiˌhɔrs] N

horse trials [ˈhɔːsˌtraɪəlz] N npl

horses in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for horses in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

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horses Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to put the cart before the horse
mettere il carro davanti ai buoi
this is where my horse was found
qui è dove hanno trovato il mio cavallo
to change horses (in) midstream
cambiare idea a metà strada
to get sth straight from the horse's mouth
sapere qc da fonti dirette
to hold one's horses inf
non essere impaziente
to get (down) off one's high horse
scendere dal piedistallo
the world of dogs/horses
il mondo dei cani/cavalli
to dig one's spurs into a horse
speronare il cavallo
to put the cart before the horse
mettere il carro davanti [o innanzi] ai buoi fig
weekly game of betting on horse races
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Health regulations mandate vaccinations and blood testing of horses crossing state lines, so rodeo horses receive routine care.
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There is also an important export trade in horses.
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In fact, much of the surrounding area was practically impenetrable by men or horses.
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There are additional concerns that horses are underfed and overused, repeatedly roped until lame, with rope burns down to the bone.
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He noted that horses would sink in sand to their fetlocks, and walking in the sand exhausted men and animals.
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He led the mercenaries and was in charge of the army's horses, and distributed the spoils of a victorious battle.
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Charioteers wrapped the reins around their bodies in order to use their body weight to better control the horses.
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Horses carrying genetics for frame and other white-spotting patterns may be so minimally marked as to lack the registry's minimum requirements for white.
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The traction pipe can hardly have crossed the ordinary track and trains may have been moved by horses.
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These are motorcycles, horses and carts the most common means of locomotion flowing through the dirt roads.
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