Horse Person Phrase | Layman’s Translation |
| I am going to hand graze for a little bit. | Off to take sunset Instagram photos, see you in 45 minutes! |
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| I am hacking today. | I may be late to dinner due to inevitable post-hacking screwing around. |
| I am almost finished hacking. | I am about to uncover a new problem that requires an additional 30 minutes of flatwork. |
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| Cooling out as we speak! I’ll be home in no time. | I am catching up on barn gossip and confirming pony is still afraid of scary bamboo in back field. Confirmed. |
| Just wrapping things up! | I am engaging in last-minute snuggling/forelock braiding. |
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| Just cleaning my bit! | I am sitting on a tack trunk with bit in one hand, Googling “Do copper rollers actually do anything” with the other hand. |
| Just cleaning my tack trunk! | There’s no way I am actually doing this. I must be doing something horrible that I’m trying to protect you from, like burying a body or trying a new horse. |
| I’m getting in the car. | I’m walking to the car. |
| Leaving right now! | I am leaving in five minutes… probably. |
| Leaving in five minutes! | I hadn’t seriously thought about leaving until those words came out of my mouth. |
| I don’t know if I can ride today. | I may need a hospital. |
| [Horse] was great! | [Horse] was fine/good/great! (Finally, a cognate! Lucky you!) |
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| [Horse] was fine. | [Horse] was terrible, and it feels like a personal affront, and I don’t want to talk about it, and I refuse to admit it. |
| I’ll probably be showing in thirty minutes. | I could be showing in thirty minutes, or I could be showing in two hours, or I might be late for my class right now, or we might be here until it’s dark. |
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| I still need to clean my boots. | I haven’t fed the horse mints yet. |
| It wasn’t that much. | It would be best if you didn’t investigate the cost. |
| It was on sale. | If it hadn’t been on sale, no reasonable person with a mortgage would have even considered spending the kind of money I just dropped. |
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| Will you be working late this week? | How many days this week can I get away with lessoning? |
| I’ll try to get home a little early tonight after the barn. | You can expect me at exactly the same time as usual. |
| I have a great idea about an investment opportunity for our retirement account. | I have been Googling horses I cannot afford all afternoon.
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