scare the horses

短语

词形变化

scares the horses 三单 scaring the horses 现在分词 scared the horses 过去式 scared the horses 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To upset public order, decorum, or conventional values.

词源

Probably a variation of frighten the horses of similar meaning, as in "Does it really matter what these affectionate people do? — so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses!"

来源:wiktionary