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- Why horseback riding and not simply horse riding?
It's probably just a conflation of the phrases "horse riding" and "on horseback" Couple that with the fact that you are, generally, riding on the horse's back, and you've got a recipe for common usage
- Trust arrives walking and departs riding. - English Language Usage . . .
Neither does "Trust comes on foot, but leaves on horseback " The actual, somewhat lengthy, meaning of the proverb is that a single stupidity can ruin trust or reputation that took years to build
- What is a person who rides on camel-back called?
A person who rides on horse-back is called equestrian I came across the following guidelines: "Camel Ride Guidelines: XXXXXXXX We will do all we can to accommodate riders, however, s
- What is the origin of the expression riding a hobby horse?
4 I am curious about the origin of the expression of a "riding" a "hobby horse" (or "stick horse", as it is in Danish — we have the exact same expression) as an idiom for a 'pet topic' or 'fixed idea'
- What is an expression you can use for when youre getting close to the . . .
You can use the idiom (be) in on the home stretch I believe it is used as home straight also in the UK In the midst of the final portion of an activity, project, competition, etc Likened to the straightaway at the end of a race The bulk of the work is behind us—we're in the home stretch now! idioms thefreedictionary com The analogy comes from horse racing, and home stretch is a term used
- By foot vs. on foot - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
3 Are there instances when the expression by foot is preferred? As we have seen, the phrase originated in XIV century when one could only choose between walking and riding on foot : a on one's own feet, walking or running, in opposition to on horseback (OED) therefore the preposition on was chosen to express both ways
- grammaticality - Is it is no calculus correct grammar? - English . . .
The implication here is that calculus was very difficult for you It's important to note, though, that the emphasis of the sentence switches from horseback riding to calculus itself; the reader would probably expect the paragraph to transition into a discussion of the difficulties of calculus
- vocabulary - What words go together with savvy? Business-savvy . . .
business-savvy market-savvy design-savvy If we pick a noun that denotes ancient technology or a domain of knowledge that is remote from a computer or modern business, we will likely create an odd, jocular, or otherwise unnatural compound (3) Atypical, unnatural examples of X- savvy: agriculture-savvy steam-engine-savvy horseback-riding-savvy
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