gift horse
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
An apparent gift, that has substantial associated costs or drawbacks, especially a gift…
An apparent gift, that has substantial associated costs or drawbacks, especially a gift that does not fit perfectly with the recipient's wants or needs.
- To human beings, on the other hand, each meme vehicle is a potential friend or foe, bearing a gift that will enhance our powers or a gift horse that will distract us, burden our memories, derange our judgment.
- "Don't worry. You can keep them. You don't have to pay for them." / Well, a gift horse and all that. I took the sneakers.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gift horse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA