scare the horses

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To upset public order, decorum, or conventional values.
    — Invisible no-makeup makeup. Don't want to scare the horses. Okay, deep breath: the tube.

词形变化

scares the horses present,singular,third-person scaring the horses participle,present scared the horses participle,past scared the horses past

词源

Probably a variation of frighten the horses of similar meaning, as in "Does it really matter what these affectionate people do? — so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses!"
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