A. It comes directly from the person

   B. I finish what I am doing

   C. wild horses could not pull me away

   D. she should get off her high horse

   E. Americans still use expressions about the animals Now I shall tell about "horse" expressions. In the past,many people depended on horses for farming and other kinds of work. A lot of people still like to ride horses. And,horse racing is also popular. So it is not surprising that (41)         .

Long ago,people who were rich or important rode horses that were very tall. Today,if a girl acts like she is better than everyone else,you might say (42)         

Yesterday my children wanted me to take them to the playground. But I had to finish my work,so I told them to hold your horses. Wait until (43)       We live in a small town. It does not have any exciting activities to offer visitors. My children call it a onehorse town.

Last night,I got a telephone call while I was watching my favorite television show.

I decided not to answer it because (44)        from the television. There was nothing that could stop me from doing what I wanted to do.

Sometimes you get information straight from the horse's mouth.   (45)       who knows most about the subject. Let us say your teacher tells you there is going to be a test tomorrow. You could say you got the information straight from the horse's mouth. However,you would not want to call your teacher a horse!


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