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.
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
...you can't make him drink. But they WILL drink if THEY lead YOU to water.
it came from the marines if you dont want to do something some one cant make you do it
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it 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
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.
Stan Laurel said it in the 1937 film "Brats"
No. Lead does not dissolve in water .
It just a joke. Pencils have lead and horses are lead.
"I got it straight from the horse's mouth." "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" "Stop horsing around" "Get down off your high horse" "You don't shut the barn door after the horse gets out" "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" (this one is actually true).
This proverb means that you can provide someone with an opportunity or offer assistance, but you cannot force them to take advantage of it or accept help if they are not willing. It emphasizes that free will and personal choice ultimately determine actions, despite external influence.
Its like the old phrase:you can lead a horse to water but u can't make him drink it.If they are forced to do something they don't want to they won't like it.