That this horse can only be used as a pet.
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"
"Sitting duck president" is a colloquial term that refers to a president who is perceived as being unprotected or vulnerable to attack or criticism. It suggests that the president is in a precarious position and easily targeted by adversaries or challenges.
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"Limped like a wounded animal."
If your horse comes up lame the best thing to do is to place it in a stall where it can't move around very much and call your equine vet to come take a look. What might appear 'simple' could really be just the beginning of a very serious problem. Most vets will also tell you to ice the leg or cold hose it until they get there.
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The Lame Duck Amendment.
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The Lame Duck Congress was created on 2000-11-08.
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.
Dead lame means the horse basically can't move. It can also mean 'three legged lame' where three of the horses legs are lame.
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
In this case, the lame duck vice-president would become president.
Govener Jodi Rell is a lame duck because she is working beyond the election even if she is not reelected
Duck Dodgers - 2003 A Lame Duck Mind 3-10 was released on: USA: 14 October 2005
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"
saying the horse's legs are down may mean that the horse is lame, or that the slope of the pasterns is incorrect.