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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.
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What does the expression lame duck mean horses?
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"
Where does the expression lame duck come from in terms of horses?
The term has nothing to do with horses. It refers to an elected official that is still in office but not expected to continue.
What was the nickname for the twentieth amendment?
Answerlame duck
What nickname is for the 20th Amendment?
The Lame Duck Amendment.
Who is an outgoing elected official who lacks influenced?
lame duck
What does it mean if a horse is a lame duck?
That this horse can only be used as a pet.
What is the sitting duck president?
It isn't "sitting duck" but lame duck. A lame duck is a person in office whose term of office is nearly finished.
When was The Lame Duck Congress created?
The Lame Duck Congress was created on 2000-11-08.
What actors and actresses appeared in Lame Duck and the Knob Live at Oranssi - 2005?
The cast of Lame Duck and the Knob Live at Oranssi - 2005 includes: Petri Helske as Drums in Lame Duck Tapani Kangas as Guitar and Vocals in The Knob Mika Tervonen as Bass in Lame Duck
What happens if the lame duck president dies?
In this case, the lame duck vice-president would become president.
How do you use lame duck in a sentence?
Govener Jodi Rell is a lame duck because she is working beyond the election even if she is not reelected
What are the release dates for Duck Dodgers - 2003 A Lame Duck Mind 3-10?
Duck Dodgers - 2003 A Lame Duck Mind 3-10 was released on: USA: 14 October 2005
