• Auth@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    My Parents would always say “Home, James dont feed the horses”. I have absolutely no idea what it means or could mean.

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      17 hours ago

      Haha, apparently the original saying is “Home, James, and don’t spare the horses”. My mum told me it’s because a lot of carriage drivers were called James, and don’t spare the horses means to be quick about it. I don’t know if your parents said it differently because it amused them that way or some other reason, but I suppose the idea is there’s no time to feed the horses since we’re in a hurry.