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Words and Their Stories: Hold Your Horses! Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 Today, we tell about “horse” expressions. In the past, many people depended on horses for transportation, farming and other kinds of work.? A lot of people still like to ride horses.? And, horse racing is also popular.? So it is not surprising that Americans still use expressions about the animals. 今天，我们来讲一讲与“horse”相关的词汇。在以前，很多人依靠马进行运输、农耕及其它工作。今天，仍然有很多人喜欢骑马。而且，赛马仍然很流行。所以，美国人仍然使用与马相关的词汇并不奇怪。 Long ago, people who were rich or important rode horses that were very tall.? Today, if a girl acts like she is better than everyone else, you might say she should get off her high horse. 很久以前，有钱有势的人骑的马都非常高大。今天，如果一个女孩表现得比其他人高出一等，你可以说让她“get off her high horse”（别摆架子）。 Yesterday my children wanted me to take them to the playground.? But I had to finish my work, so I told them to hold your horses. Wait until I finish what I am doing.? My two boys like to compete against each other and play in a violent way.? I always tell them to stop horsing around or someone could get hurt. 昨天，我的孩子们想让我带他们去运动场上玩，但是我必须要完成我的工作，于是我告诉他们“hold your horses”（不要着急），等到我完成我正在做的事情。我的两个儿子喜欢互相竞争，而且常常使用暴力手段。我总是告诉他们“stop horsing around”（不要胡闹），不然有人会受伤。 We live in a small town.? It does not have any exciting activities to offer visitors.? My children call it a one-horse town. 我们住在一个很小的镇子上。这里没有什么令人激动的活动可以提供给游客，我的孩子们称这是一个“one-horse town”（偏僻、规模很小的镇子）。 Last night, I got a telephone call while I was watching my favorite television show.? I decided not to answer it because wild horses could not drag me away from the television.? There was nothing that could stop me from doing what I wanted to do. 昨天晚上，我在观看我最喜欢的电视节目时来了一个电话。我决定不接，因为“wild horses could not drag me away from the television”（野马都无法将我从电视机前拉走），意思是什么也无法阻止我做想做的事情。 Sometimes you get information straight from the horse’s mouth. It comes directly from the person who knows most about the subject and is the best source.? Let us say your teacher tells