Hold Your Horses
William: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. My name is William Kremer.
Li: 大家好我是杨莉，William, 今天的新词语是什么?
William: Well, hold on a second Li, let me just play you -
Li: 不行不行，告诉我嘛 到底是那个短语?
William: Well, well come onto that in a minute but Ive got some special FX for you...
Li: 什么特殊音效?! 特殊音乐? 你还不知道嘛，我们的听众对此并不感冒! 他们想学的是地道英语，而且你最好还是开门见山! 不要兜圈子，说吧，到底是哪个短语?
William: Li, hold your horses!
Li: Hmmm?
William: Hold your horses. It means: be patient.
Li: Hold your horses, 字面意思是勒住马缰，引伸意思是，耐心点。So where does this phrase come from, William?
William: Well, apparently it comes from battles in times of war:
FX Battle re-enactment noise
Man: Hold your horses men!
FX gunfire, horses whinnying
Li: Wow, Will, your FX this week are really special!
William: Hmmm I know! In that clip we heard a soldier telling his men to hold their horses before he started firing weapons.
Li: But nowadays, I am guessing, you dont need to be a soldier to use this phrase, right?
William: Right, exactly. It means dont rush, be patient. Lets hear a couple of examples:
Man: Ive just gone online to order us some new computers. Whats our charge code again?
Woman: Ah, well youre going to have to hold your horses! I havent agreed a budget yet with the management team.
Man 2: Ive just spoken to Mark
Woman 2: Have you indeed? Well dont listen to a word that man says! Hes never liked me...
Man 2: Hey, hey hey! Hold your horses. We didnt discuss you at all, as a matter of fact.
Li: 以上第一段对话中的男子急迫地要去订购一些电脑，但是，在公司还没批准之前，他必须要耐心等待;要 hold his horses.
William: Hmm. And the second example was slightly different. In that clip we heard a woman interrupt the man because she thought that she knew what he was going to say.
Li: 是的，讲话的男子告诉讲话的女子别急，hold her horse 等他把话说完。
William: Yes, but Li we never say Hold your horse we always say Hold your horses.
Li: Oh, OK, thank you. Ill bear it in mind. But, er, Will...?
William: Yeah?
Li: Can you hold this for me?
Horse whinnying
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