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You can take a horse to the water but you can't make him drink what does the mean?
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∙ 13y ago
it basically means what it says when my horse seems thirsty i can walk him up to the water tank but yet he never drinks
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∙ 13y ago
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How does 'you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink' apply to an abuser who will not accept help for his problem?
Answer"You can lead a horse to water, but not make it drink" is just a saying for trying to talk to someone but you cant make them do something
Where did the saying you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink come from?
it came from the marines if you dont want to do something some one cant make you do it
If you lead a horse to water?
...you can't make him drink. But they WILL drink if THEY lead YOU to water.
How does you can lead a horse to water but cant make it drinkapply to you?
It is not physically possible to force a horse to drink, no. If the horse is thirsty, it will drink. If it is not thirsty, you can hold its nose down in the water, but you cannot make it suck up water and swallow. You could make sure that the horse was thirsty before you led it to water, but that's about all you could do.
Why will your horse not drink?
If this isn't for any games, in real life, horses will drink when they get thirsty enough. there's a saying- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
A saying that rhymes with pink?
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink."
What is the meaning of 'one may lead a horse to the pond but a thousand can't make it drink'?
It means even if you lead a horse to water, there is absolutely no way you will make it drink if it doesn't want to.
What does a horse or cow drink from?
Horses drink water, although some horses won't drink water when they are traveling because it tastes different than they are used to so people put Kool Aid of Gatoraid in the water to make it taste good.
You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink?
YES YOU CAN! this is a common mis-understanding... The way to make it drink once you lead it to water is to jam his carrot up his backside so he will dunk his head into the water and begin to drink to relieve the pain. Horses have a nerve in there anus(which humans do not have,although you can try this) which is called an ectyolism nerve, this will cause the horses neck muscles to spasm and contract thus forcing the horses head into the water to drink.
How did the Yangtze river affect the people?
This affects people because people cant drink from the water and if they did it would make them ill as it is polluted
You can take a horse to water but you can't make drink?
That horse might be sick, or old. Or the water might be getting moldy. You might waht to go see a vet. That horse might be sick, or old. Or the water might be getting moldy. You might waht to go see a vet.
What do you call a boy horse who cant make babies?
a gelding
