Define Hold Your Horses Meaning

Another way of saying "slow down" or "stop." Usually used when someone is being hasty about something and a wiser person says "Hold your horses!" to make them stop and think. Encourages someone to have caution.

Based on the times when people used wagons or carriages, and when they needed to keep them under control they would need to literally hold the horses back from running.

It means to get your excitement under control../ (see cool yer jets)

a request to wait

Wait up. Don't get started yet. From the days of horse and buggy; hold the horses so they don't run off before you're ready.

Stop what you're doing. Stop right where you are.

Well you should. If you don't hold onto your horse while riding it, you'll fall off and end up like Christopher Reeves.

Hold on; be patient.

someone is telling u to mentally stable… i could never
or your just a full on horse

meant for people with an ugly laughter, because they probably just sound like a horse

(shut up, be quiet, etc,...)