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Don T Kick a Gift Horse in the Mouth

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Then you throw your head up at the skyuniverseGodMother NatureHe-ManWhoeveritisyoubelievehasyourback and say Alright I trust you. While both of these actions are not advisable they are also not the correct idiom. Gift Horse Quotes Quotesgram In other words dont look a gift horse in the mouth. . The saying dont look a gift horse in the mouth means that you shouldnt criticize a gift even if you dont like it very much. You dont kick a gift horse in the mouth. Have you heard that idiom. All week we have talked about being a giver rather than a receiver and thats great but you have to have something first in order to then give it away right. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. I do some searches and find quite a few from carvings on urns to paintings to drawings of the Trojan horse and portraits of Helen of Troy. The phrase was originally dont look a given horse in the mouth and first appears in print in 1546...