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get back on the horse

anges491

anges491

Russian Federation

Can “get back on the horse” be used to refer to going back to something negative, to some bad habit? For example, is it right to say: “Are you getting back on the smoking horse again?” or “You HAVE gotten back on that horse again” meaning smoking?

07:49 PM Feb 29 2012 |

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Teacher AmySuper Member!

United States

Hi! No, we don’t use “get back on the horse” to refer to something negative. In that case, we would use the expression “He fell off the wagon.” For instance, “Tom was sober for a year, but then he fell off the wagon” (he started drinking again).


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01:53 AM Mar 05 2012 |

anges491

anges491

Russian Federation

Thanks!

08:31 PM Mar 05 2012 |