Script: Hold your horses

Published: 
Listen to this article

‘Hold your horses’ is a popular idiom. It means wait and think before you go ahead and do something. We say 'Hold your horses' when someone is rushing into something. We want them to wait a moment, to be careful and patient before acting. These two conversations in which someone is told to hold their horses. What's going on? In the first conversation, Candy and her brother Jake are in a phone shop. In the second Max is talking to his girlfriend Jane about something that happened at work today.

John Millen |
Published: 

Latest Articles

Top 10: If you could run away from one responsibility, what would it be, and why?

DSE 2024: English reading paper causes trouble for students

Japan pledges 250 cherry blossom trees to US for independence day

Sign up for the YP Teachers Newsletter
Get updates for teachers sent directly to your inbox
By registering, you agree to our T&C and Privacy Policy