Zack Phuc
2021-06-24 05:06
Get back on the horse (that bucked you) verb phrase
If you get back on the horse (that bucked you), you begin again or continue doing something after having failed at or having
difficulty with.
She failed the exam three times but she still got back on the horse that bucked her.
Tim gives up very easily. The idea of getting back on the horse that bucked him does not appeal to him.
After having been rejected by nine companies, she got back on the horse that bucked her. Eventually, the tenth company where she applied to accepted her.
If you put your heart in, you put all of your efforts and passion into it.
1. A guess or an estimate with little or no guarantee of accuracy.
2. Used to indicate an attempt that is not expected to succeed or has very little chance of working.
To make great efforts to do something or give one's full attention to something
To devote all of your energy, power, and determination to achieve a goal
To try to do something new
The idiom is believed to have gained popularity in the mid-twentieth century, perhaps because of the influence of western movies.
Do you see anything wrong?
To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.
You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.
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