you can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink — you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can t make him drink proverb you can give someone an opportunity, but you can t force them to take it … Useful english dictionary
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink — you can ˌlead/ˌtake a horse to ˌwater, but you ˌcan t make it ˈdrink idiom (saying) you can give sb the opportunity to do sth, but you cannot force them to do it if they do not want to Main entry: ↑horseidiom … Useful english dictionary
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink — ► you can lead a horse to water but you can t make him drink proverb you can give someone an opportunity, but you can t force them to take it. Main Entry: ↑horse … English terms dictionary
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink — This idiom means you can offer something to someone, like good advice, but you cannot make them take it … The small dictionary of idiomes
you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink — The word the is frequently omitted from the proverb and lead substituted for take. c 1175 Old English Homilies (EETS) 1st ser. 9 Hwa is thet mei thet hors wettrien the him self nule drinken [who can give water to the horse that will not drink of… … Proverbs new dictionary
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink — This idiom means you can offer something to someone, like good advice, but you cannot make them take it … Dictionary of English idioms
horse — horse1 [ hɔrs ] noun *** 1. ) count a large animal that people ride. The sound a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a mare. A young horse is called a foal. 2. ) count a piece of equipment… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
take — see take the goods the gods provide it takes all sorts to make a world you can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil’s gold ring give and take is fair play … Proverbs new dictionary
horse — see you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink don’t change horses in mid stream England is the paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants never look a gift horse in the mouth a good horse cannot be… … Proverbs new dictionary
water — see don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim blood is thicker than water dirty water will quench fire you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink no matter how long a log stays in the water, it doesn’t become a… … Proverbs new dictionary
