Word info

gift horse

Noun

Meaning

a gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically

Source: WordNet

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Examples

Life is a gift horse in my opinion. J. D. Salinger

Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Jerome

On the other hand it was bad manners to look a gift horse in the mouth. Even if you're getting it from an overweight cracker in a fringe shirt. Ilona Andrews

They don't count the teeth of a gift horse. Persian Proverb

One doesn't examine the teeth of a gift horse. Portuguese Proverb

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. English Proverb

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