horse sense
common sense.
Origin of horse sense
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How to use horse sense in a sentence
(Despite such horse sense, today Arizona, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia allow loaded guns in bars).
Praying While Packing Heat and Other Unwieldy American Traditions | Jack Schwartz | February 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe it's just a deep distrust of common horse-sense and a faith in expertise.
Taking first the head, which should be bony, not fleshy, remember that the more brain the more horse sense.
Horsemanship for Women | Theodore Hoe MeadHe was endowed with strong common sense, which the pike boys called “horse sense,” to emphasize its excellence.
The Old Pike | Thomas B. Searight"If you're goin' ter talk ter me, you've got ter talk plain horse sense," he declared testily.
Pollyanna | Eleanor H. Porter
He has too much horse-sense in spite of his emotional gymnastics.
The Foolish Virgin | Thomas DixonI don't know whether I think that is anything but horse-sense.
The Copy-Cat and Other Stories | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for horse sense
another term for common sense
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Other Idioms and Phrases with horse sense
Sound practical sense, as in She's got too much horse sense to believe his story. The exact allusion in this term, which dates from the mid-1800s, is disputed, since some regard horses as rather stupid. However, they tended to be viewed more positively in the American West, where the term originated.
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