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wild horses

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wild horses
if you say that wild horses couldn't make you do something, you mean nothing could persuade you to do it Wild horses couldn't drag me to a party tonight.
See into the wide blue yonder, sow wild oats
See also: horse, wild
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Wild horses would not drag from me the name of a certain river in the north whose narrow estuary is inhospitable and dangerous, and whose docks are like a nightmare of dreariness and misery.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
I am not given to needless worrying, but the more I tried to convince myself that all was well with Powell, and that the dots I had seen on his trail were antelope or wild horses, the less I was able to assure myself.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
I'll do anything you ask me; ride wild horses and take freezing baths and eat bad-tasting messes, and let my clothes hang on me, to show how much I thank you for this dear, sweet, lovely room
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
 
 
 
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