Hold Your Horses

0:03Welcome to English in a Minute.

0:08Horses are big and strong.

0:11Riding them takes skill and strength.

0:14So, is the idiom, hold your horses, about controlling horses?

0:22Andrew, can you help me with this box?

0:25Just a second.

0:26I'm almost done.

0:28Andrew, the box.

0:29I'm on the last page.

0:31It's really heavy.

0:32Hold your horses.

0:37What's in the box?

0:44Hold your horses is a way of telling someone to wait, to be patient.

0:51It's very informal.

0:53And depending on how you say it, it could sound rude.