Gift-horse Definition

noun
Attributive form of gift horse.
Gift-horse inspection.
Wiktionary
(idiomatic) An apparent gift, that has substantial associated costs.
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Other Word Forms of Gift-horse

Noun

Singular:
gift-horse
Plural:
gift-horses

Origin of Gift-horse

  • From the economics of horse ownership, in which an aging horse of declining value continues to require feeding and stabling. Possibly influenced by the proverb don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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Gift-horse Sentence Examples

  • No, he wouldn't look that gift horse in the mouth, not when the embodiment of her ability sat hunched before him.

  • Being ones to look a gift horse in the mouth, we graciously accepted.

  • Other films included The Third Man (1949), Gift Horse (1952), and Whistle Down the Wind (1961).

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