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horse sense

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horse sense
Fig. common sense; practical thinking. Bob is no scholar but he has a lot of horse sense. Horse sense tells me I should not be involved in that project.
See also: horse, sense

horse sense  (old-fashioned)
ordinary practical knowledge of the best way to deal with people and situations Has he got enough horse sense not to get into debt?
See also: horse, sense


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All of Daylight's horse knowledge and horse sense was called into play, while Bob, in turn, worked every trick in his lexicon.
"If you're goin' ter talk ter me, you've got ter talk plain horse sense," he declared testily.
 
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