Set the cart before the horse. From LearnThat.org. [John Heywood (1497-1580)]
Hence white horse, the extension of ˜white horse™, is not the same as (identical to) horse, the extension of ˜horse™. From Wordnik.com. [School of Names] Reference
Hiiary, I love your spirit, but the horse is already dead. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton campaigns in SD, hits McCain on Farm Bill] Reference
"I think this horse is as talented as they were," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Favored Big Brown faces obstacles] Reference
Granted getting around on your horse is a bit of a problem. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - ExtraLife the city is growing nicely!] Reference
So asking about your relationship with the horse is a bad idea. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Worthington On Set Interview CLASH OF THE TITANS – Collider.com] Reference
And the cayuse – well, the horse is the noblest animal known to. From Wordnik.com. [The Shagganappi] Reference
So Amsterdam and Nigeria are closing the barn door after the horse is already out. From Wordnik.com. [White House forcefully responds to Cheney] Reference
'Tell him,' she said to us, 'that the horse is his and that he is to go back with you to the States. From Wordnik.com. [The Windy Hill] Reference
Your horse is already saddled by my desire – You have your hat, and therefore hasten to follow me. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Manor House] Reference
He's tremendously energetic, and he has plenty of the kind of sense which we call horse; but he isn't brilliant. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Silas Lapham] Reference
Also, when used, the horse is always at a walk (like in your story) and if it were an emergency, the rider would hold the lantern. From Wordnik.com. [GHOULS • by Megan Arkenberg] Reference
Of course, the owner of a horse, when arrested by an agent of a humane society, indignantly protests that the horse is his property. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico's Army and Ours] Reference
It's a rare sight, even in horse-mad Lexington, Ky. From Wordnik.com. [Holy Horseback!] Reference
I call the horse Babylon because he's such an old ruin. From Wordnik.com. [The Net] Reference
Why, if you sought concealment, did you call your horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Count of Monte Cristo] Reference
If you call a horse's tail a leg, how many legs does it have?. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Most Popular] Reference
"That horse is master's old horse, what carries the canteen.". From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
It shortens the period of joy in horse-play and practical jokes. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of the Story-Teller] Reference
But the horse is not economically independent, nor is the woman. From Wordnik.com. [Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution] Reference
"Your reverence," I said, laughing, "the horse is not mine, as you know.". From Wordnik.com. [The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
The mad rapidity of the war horse is the point of comparison (Job 39: 19-25). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Mountain horse, too, trail-broke and all that, being raised in rough country. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XI] Reference
In 1641 the Abipones had already obtained the horse from the Spanish settlers. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
Look at say Shadow of Collosus, you call your horse to you and then climb up it. From Wordnik.com. [Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today] Reference
A female horse is no less female than a female starfish, but she has more functions. From Wordnik.com. [Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution] Reference
The Maid marked this sign at the first glance, and she called the horse her Crusader. From Wordnik.com. [A Heroine of France] Reference
The style is sometimes called a horse collar or adjustable buoyancy life jacket (ABLJ). From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Working out off the horse is important for preventing accidents while on a horse, she says. From Wordnik.com. [Yoga, Stretching Help Keep a Rider Fit] Reference
This was the public locking of the barn door, after the third term horse was stolen in 2008. From Wordnik.com. [Henry J. Stern: Eleven Years A-Waiting] Reference
As the horse is to the Arab, so the ship is to the sailor, and Pete suffered his loss keenly. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the "Dazzler"] Reference
The "Black Devil," as they called the horse, had been known to kill men, so they had pleasant anticipations. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
Another illustration: The child has seen the family horse several times till the word horse becomes associated with that animal. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart] Reference
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