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Meowth Posted 16 years ago
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Fast women and slow horses
Hello. Please, could you help me understand the phrase, and, at best, also its origin?
"It's a very old Yorkshire name. Once it took the head of my family a
day's hard riding to make the circuit of his estates, but the mighty are
fallen. Fast women and slow horses."
I received some results googling, but the meaning is still obscure to me.
2.) is that a correct use of "at best" in the very first sentence of the message?
Thank you in advance!
"It's a very old Yorkshire name. Once it took the head of my family a
day's hard riding to make the circuit of his estates, but the mighty are
fallen. Fast women and slow horses."
I received some results googling, but the meaning is still obscure to me.
2.) is that a correct use of "at best" in the very first sentence of the message?
Thank you in advance!
Top answer
I guess it means his ancestors blew all his family's money on promiscuous women ("fast women") and gambling on horse racing ("slow horses" = horses that didn't win the race). More figuratively, it could just mean they wasted all the money on frivolities. meowth is that a correct use of "at best" in the very first sentence of the message?
- I guess it means his ancestors blew all his family's money on promiscuous women ("fast women") and gambling on horse racing ("slow horses" = horses that didn't win the race).
- More figuratively, it could just mean they wasted all the money on frivolities.
- meowth is that a correct use of "at best" in the very first sentence of the message?
- Not quite.
- You could say "and, even better, also its origin".
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I guess it means his ancestors blew all his family's money on promiscuous women ("fast women") and gambling on horse racing ("slow horses" = horses that didn't win the race). More figuratively, it could just mean they wasted all the money on frivolities.
meowthis that a correct use of "at best" in the very first sentence of the message?Not quite. You could say
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Oh, I would have never guessed that by myself. Thank you for both explanations.
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Hi,
could you help me understand the phrase, and, at best, also its origin?
"It's a very old Yorkshire name. Once it took the head of my family a
day's hard riding to make the circuit of his estates, but the mighty are
fallen. Fast women and slow horses."
The meaning here is that the family has lost all its wealth for the following mildly humorous reason
could you help me understand the phrase, and, at best, also its origin?
"It's a very old Yorkshire name. Once it took the head of my family a
day's hard riding to make the circuit of his estates, but the mighty are
fallen. Fast women and slow horses."
The meaning here is that the family has lost all its wealth for the following mildly humorous reason
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Hi,
That phrase means 'he became bankrupt'
That phrase wear in movie Sherloc Holmes(2009)'s
dialogue too.
'Watson:Lady Radford's emerald bracelet has disappeard.
Holmes:Insurance swidle. Lord Radford likes fast woman and slow ponies.(he become bankrupt.)'
EJ
That phrase means 'he became bankrupt'
That phrase wear in movie Sherloc Holmes(2009)'s
dialogue too.
'Watson:Lady Radford's emerald bracelet has disappeard.
Holmes:Insurance swidle. Lord Radford likes fast woman and slow ponies.(he become bankrupt.)'
EJ
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