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Shoe the Horse (To)

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(French, Ferrer la mule.) Means to cheat one’s employer out of a small sum of money. The expression is derived from the ancient practice of grooms, who charged their masters for “shoeing,” but pocketed the money themselves.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Shoe Pinches
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Shoe the Anchor (To)
Shoe the Cobbler (To)
Shoe the Horse (To)
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