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Comes from the fact that the soldiers aimed at the horse's flank in calvalry times * Comes from the fact that horses suffering from emphysema, in the age of cavalry, were considered as "good for nothing"
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What does it mean if a horse is a lame duck?
That this horse can only be used as a pet.
What does healthy as a horse mean?
Horses are notoriously robust animals, hence the expression "healthy as a horse".
What does the duck mean to delta sigma theta?
What duck?
What does drake mean?
drake means dragon and duck
What is the smallest duck species?
if u mean a small duck u probably mean a duckling[a baby duck]
What does it mean if a horse is a lame duck?
That this horse can only be used as a pet.
What does the expression 'lame duck' mean?
The term lame duck refers to somebody weak. For example, when an elected official's successor has already been elected, but has not taken office. It is also occasionally used to disparage a politician who will not serve again, such as a US president near the end of his second term.A lame duck session is a session of an officials whose successors have already been elected (but not inaugurated).The original use of the term lame duck referred to brokers who defaulted on their debts. The term is still used in this financial context in Europe.The term lame duck usually is very commonly heard at the end of the second term of a US President (since he can't get re-elected for the third time in a row). As the name suggests, a lame duck cannot make strong decisions.Actually the term lame duck means that they are able to make stronger decisons that are not based on being reelected.If you're playing howrse, please see the Related Question.
What does it mean to become a lame duck president?
The period between election day (November 4th) and the inauguration of the next president (January 21st). The sitting-president is considered a "lame duck" since the president-elect will be strolling into the oval office within a couple of months.
What is lame duck mean in horses?
A lame horse is a horse that is disabled in its feet or legs. A "lame duck" refers to a weak, ineffective, or powerless person (particularly a politician whose successor has already been elected but not inaugurated). There is a multiple choice question on the site "howrse" that asks what a lame duck horse is, and offers the following choices: * Designates someone that is lazy * Comes from the fact that the soldiers aimed at the horse's flank in calvalry times * Comes from the fact that horses suffering from emphysema, in the age of cavalry, were considered as "good for nothing" * Designates the raising of the horse's flanks whose breathing is obstructed by emphysema Apparently the answer is (d), Designates the raising of the horse's flanks whose breathing is obstructed by emphysema. However no other reference to this usage of the term seems to exist anywhere on the internet. The game Howrse is an English translation of the popular French game Equideo, and this may be a mistranslation.
What does it mean when you say a horses legs are down?
saying the horse's legs are down may mean that the horse is lame, or that the slope of the pasterns is incorrect.
What does it mean when a horse is dead lame?
Dead lame means the horse basically can't move. It can also mean 'three legged lame' where three of the horses legs are lame.
What does healthy as a horse mean?
Horses are notoriously robust animals, hence the expression "healthy as a horse".
What does duck in the hedge mean?
it means theres somthing here that dosnt add up. like the expression "smell a rat"
What does the name Ruble mean?
Lame
What does answercom is lame mean?
it is bad
What does the name fermin mean?
LAME
What does the name Dwayne mean?
lame.
