The English We Speak: Hold your horses

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'hold your horses'.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:20.0	Hello and welcome'm Lee.
0:23.0	My name is William Kramer.
0:26.0	And I'm Lee.
0:27.0	William, what's our phrase today?
0:29.0	Well, hold on a second Lee.
0:31.0	Let me just play you.
0:32.0	Now, come on. Tell me me now what phrase are we looking at today well
0:36.4	we'll come on to that in a minute but I've got some very special effects for you more
0:41.3	special effects and special music. That's not what our people
0:46.2	want. They want authentic English phrases and they want them now. So what's our phrase today?
0:53.4	Lee, hold your horses.
0:55.4	Hold your horses. It means be patient.
0:58.6	Oh, where does this phrase come from, William?
1:02.1	Well, apparently it comes from battles. Where does this phrase come from, William?
1:02.6	Well, apparently it comes from battles in times of war.
1:10.5	Hold your horses, week are really special.
1:18.0	Hmm, I know. In that clip we heard a soldier telling his men to hold their horses before he started firing
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