Jamie explains that the expression "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" refers to the Trojan Horse which is so totally wrong that the writers should be admonished for their stupidity. (Ignorance doesn't apply)
Just to set the record straight, the expression stems from the fact that a horse's age can be determined by looking at it's teeth (note to writers, teeth are, usually, found in the mouthal** regions of most critters). To do this to a horse that had just been gifted would be a faux pas.
**I just coined this word so you writers can us it now.
Just to set the record straight, the expression stems from the fact that a horse's age can be determined by looking at it's teeth (note to writers, teeth are, usually, found in the mouthal** regions of most critters). To do this to a horse that had just been gifted would be a faux pas.
**I just coined this word so you writers can us it now.
