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never look a gift horse in the mouth

never look a gift horse in the mouth is the alternative form of don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Meaning of don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Proverb

don't look a gift horse in the mouth

  1. One should not unappreciatively question or inspect a gift too closely.
    • No man ought to looke a geuen hors in the mouth.1546, John Heywood, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Questions about never look a gift horse in the mouth

What is never look a gift horse in the mouth the alternative form of?
Never look a gift horse in the mouth is the alternative form of don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Words near never look a gift horse in the mouth in the dictionary

  1. never fight a land war in Asia
  2. never have I ever
  3. never in a million years
  4. never in a month of Sundays
  5. never judge a book by its cover
  6. never look a gift horse in the mouth
  7. never meet your heroes
  8. never mind
  9. never minds
  10. Never Never
  11. never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

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