It means to politely excuse yourself from a situation to go to the restroom or buy a drink. It originated from men disappearing to go bet on horse or dog races. See a man about a dog means the same thing.
The earliest confirmed publication is the 1866 Dion Boucicault play Flying Scud in which a character knowingly breezes past a difficult situation saying, "Excuse me Mr. Quail, I can't stop; I've got to see a man about a dog." In a listing for a 1939 revival on the NBC Radio program America's Lost Plays, Time magazine observed that the phrase is the play's "claim to fame".
During Prohibition in the United States, the phrase see a man about a horse was most commonly used in relation to the consumption or purchase of alcoholic beverages.
During Prohibition in the United States, the phrase see a man about a horse was most commonly used in relation to the consumption or purchase of alcoholic beverages.
by Coweyes February 21, 2013
Get the See a man about a horsemug. Horse Gum Syndrome also referred to as HGS, is a condition pertaining to both male and female homosapiens in which their gums are overexposed when he or she smiles. Usually considered an unattractive trait.
11 out of 11 Dentists recommend that people inflicted with Horse Gum Syndrome (HGS) floss 5 times a day to prevent gum disease.
by Craig Schreiber February 8, 2008
Get the Horse Gum Syndrome (HGS)mug. A video that has a man getting a horse and shoving the horse's penis in the man's asshole. The man died the next day because the horse's dick was so long that it ripped the man's colon open.
Dude 1- Yo man, we should watch 1 man 1 horse
Dude 2- That's fucked up man, the guy died from that shit!
Dude 2- That's fucked up man, the guy died from that shit!
by hoopla_69 October 22, 2013
Get the 1 man 1 horsemug. Getting Crazy Horsed:
Getting crazy horsed refers to a sexual move when a person sticks his/her penis into their partners nose and sprays theres seed into their partners nose. The semen then drips out of the partners nose and into there mouth. When this happens the giver must yell "YOU'VE BEEN ...CRAZY HORSED" in order for the move to be complete. All semen must be swallowed in order for the move to be completed.
Getting crazy horsed refers to a sexual move when a person sticks his/her penis into their partners nose and sprays theres seed into their partners nose. The semen then drips out of the partners nose and into there mouth. When this happens the giver must yell "YOU'VE BEEN ...CRAZY HORSED" in order for the move to be complete. All semen must be swallowed in order for the move to be completed.
Grant: "Hey I invented a new sexual move, its called getting crazy horsed"
Matt: "What is getting crazy horsed"
Grant: "Want to find out?"
Matt: "What is getting crazy horsed"
Grant: "Want to find out?"
by TedKennedy1856 July 9, 2010
Get the Getting Crazy Horsedmug. That's as rare as rocking horse shit.
by teddyc June 23, 2008
Get the rare as rocking horse shitmug. It's Roman slang: "Noli equi dentes inspicere donati". For example, you can find it in St. Jerome's Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians, written in the 5th century.
You look in a horse's mouth to determine its age and/or health. So if someone gives you a horse, and you look in it's mouth, it's like looking for a price tag. It's rude!
You look in a horse's mouth to determine its age and/or health. So if someone gives you a horse, and you look in it's mouth, it's like looking for a price tag. It's rude!
Lucius: I bought you this tunic in Thebes for your birthday.
Quintus: Thanks dude. Hey, look, the seam has really cheap thread.
Lucius: Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
Quintus: Wha?
Lucius: It's Latin. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Quintus. Oh yah, right. Mea culpa.
Quintus: Thanks dude. Hey, look, the seam has really cheap thread.
Lucius: Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
Quintus: Wha?
Lucius: It's Latin. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Quintus. Oh yah, right. Mea culpa.
by Ed the Horse July 17, 2009
Get the Look a gift horse in the mouthmug. The phrase "whipping a dead horse" means to attempt to revive a moot point or issue. "Whipping a pile of horse bones" means to keep making futile and pointless attempts to revive interest in something that no one has cared about for so long its rotted away into a skeleton of its former self.
AKA: The Simpsons
Seasons 1 through 6 were the best. By season 8, FOX and Matt Groening were whipping a dead horse. Which means for the last 10 seasons they have been whipping a pile of horse bones.
Seasons 1 through 6 were the best. By season 8, FOX and Matt Groening were whipping a dead horse. Which means for the last 10 seasons they have been whipping a pile of horse bones.
by weasel1969 October 9, 2008
Get the whipping a pile of horse bonesmug.