Hold your horses

[00:00.05]Today, we tell all about horse expressions!#
今天我们来讲述所有和马有关的词句。#

[00:04.48]In the past, many people depended on horses for transportation, farming and other kinds of work.#
在过去，很多人依靠马匹进行运输、耕种等工作。#

[00:14.04]A lot of people still like to ride horses for sport.#
现在仍然有很多人喜欢骑马，#

[00:18.67]Horse racing and betting on horse racing are also popular.#
赛马和赌马也很受欢迎。#

[00:23.91]So, it is not surprising that Americans use a lot of expressions about horses.#
因此美国人使用很多和马相关的词句也就毫不为奇。#

[00:31.68]Long ago, people who were rich or important rode horses that were very tall.#
很久以前，非富则贵的人都骑着高头大马。#

[00:38.74]Today, if someone acts better than everyone else,#
如今，如果有人摆出自己高人一等的架势，#

[00:43.44]you might tell him to “get off your high horse.#
“你就可以告诉他别摆臭架子（get off her high horse）。#

[00:47.46]And if someone is pushing you to do something,#
如果有人催促你做某事，#

[00:51.33]you can say, “Hold your horses!”#
你可以说，“稍安勿躁（Hold your horses）！”#

[00:54.22]This is a very informal way to tell someone to calm down and wait.#
这是一种告诉别人冷静下来等待一会的非正式用法。#

[01:00.28]You would not use it with your boss but you could use it with children.#
你不能对老板这么说，但是你可以对孩子这么说。#

[01:06.38]Something else you could say to children if they are playing too rough or hitting each other is to stop horsing around!#
如果孩子们在互相打闹，你可以对他们说，别闹了（stop horsing around）！#

[01:16.50]When kids horse around, they could get hurt.#
当他们互相打闹时，他们容易受伤#

[01:20.18]However, kids who live in a one-horse town might have nothing to do but horse around.#
然而，住在偏僻小镇（one-horse town）的孩子可能没什么好玩的只有胡闹（horse around）。#

[01:27.33]A one-horse town is a small town with not too much going on.#
偏僻小镇（one-horse town）指的是一个小城，并没有什么太多有趣的内容会发生#

[01:32.46]So, if you live in a one-horse town, you might like to watch a lot of television.#
所以如果你住在偏僻小镇，你可能会喜欢看电视。#

[01:39.38]Imagine that you are watching your favorite show when your phone rings.#
想象一下你在看最喜欢的电视节目时手机响了。#

[01:44.93]You do not answer it.#
你不接电话。#

[01:46.97]Wild horses could not drag you away from the television.#
什么事也不能阻止你看电视（wild horses could not drag you away from the television）。#

[01:51.76]Nothing could stop you from doing what you want to do.#
什么都不能阻止你做你想做的