1. a horse pill 大药丸，大型丸剂

    This is not a horse pill. This is your pain pill which doctor prescribed.
这不是大药片。这就是医生给你开的止疼药。

    2. a horse laugh狂笑，讥笑，不信任的笑

    At the end of the joke she gave a horse laugh that could be heard
a street away.在那个笑话结束时，她发出一阵狂笑，隔着一条街都能听到。

    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.考试是一回事；通过考试又是另一回事。

    4. be on one's high horse 趾高气扬，藐视他人

    Since Bob was elected president of the club ， he's been up on his
high horse. 自从鲍勃当选为俱乐部主席以来，他就趾高气扬起来了。

    5. beat a dead horse徒劳无益，白费口舌

    I hate to beat a dead horse ， but it is very important that you understand
this before you leave.我不想多此一举，但你离开以前必须了解这个。

    6. hold one's horse 忍耐，镇静，别冲动

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

    爸，在对我发火之前，请你忍耐一下……

    7. clothes horse爱打扮，赶时髦的人

    Princess Diana was a real clothes horse. It's hard to imagine how
much she had spent on clothes.黛安娜王妃是一个很讲究穿戴的人，很难想象
她花在衣服上的钱有多少。

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

    8. talk horse 吹牛

    They often talk horse when they are free. 他们有空时常常在一起吹牛。

    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.那时的北京是一个灰色、乏味、设施简陋
的城市，主要交通工具是自行车。

    10. horse-and-buggy days马车时代，以往岁月

    The post-industrial crisis always reminds citizens of the horse-and-buggy
days. 后工业时代的危机总是能让人们回想起以往的岁月。