Collective Nouns, Simile, Idioms, Metaphors and Expressions

​Horses and Ponies

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Colts

• A rack of colts
• A rag of colts
• A rake of colts

Gelding

• A clipping of gelding
• A brace of gelding

Horses

• An harass of horses
• A band of horses
• A bloodstock of (thoroughbred) horses
• A drove of horses
• A harass of horses
• A herd of horses - wild horses
• A mob of horses
• A pack of horses
• A remuda of horses
• A stable of horses
• A string of horses
• A stud of horses (for breeding)
• A stud of mares
• A team of horses
• A troop of horses

Mules

• A barren of mules
• A span of mules

Ponies

• A herd of ponies
• A marmalade of ponies
• A string of ponies

Racehorses

• A field of racehorses
• A meet of racehorses
• A string of racehorses

Unicorns

• A blessing of unicorns

SIMILE

• As hungry as a horse

IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

• A dark horse
• A horse of another colour
• A horse of a different colour
• A one-horse town
• A nod is as good as a blink to a blind horse
• A stalking horse
• A willing horse
• An old war horse
• Back the wrong horse
• Beat a dead horse
• Bet on the wrong horse
• By shank's pony/mare
• Champ/chomp on the bit
• Change horse in midstream
• Dark horse
• Donkey years
• Eat like a horse
• Every horse thinks his on pack is the heaviest
• Flog a dead horse
• Get off/on one's high horse
• Hold your horses
• Hoof it
• Horses for courses
• Horse in midstream
• Horse-laugh
• Horseplay
• Horse sense
• Horse-trading
• 'Horses for courses"'If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind
• If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus
• If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride
• It is too late to shut the stable door when the horse is stolen
• Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
• Never look a gift horse in the mouth
• Never swap horses in mid-stream
• On one's high horse
• One-trick pony
• Only fools and horses
• Put someone out to pasture
• Ride a hobby-horse
• Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the devil
• Straight from the horse's mouth
• Swop horses
• To drive a coach and horses through (something)
• To find a mare's nest
• To frighten the horses
• To put the cart before the horse
• To ride a higher horse
• You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink
• Wild horses couldn't drag me away
• White horse
• Work like a horse