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词汇 home james and don’t spare the horses
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home, James, and don’t spare the horses. Passengers in au- tos still use this phrase humorously to friends when given lifts home. Horses here has nothing to do with engine horsepower, however. The old expression, dating back perhaps to the 17th century, was once a common command of English nobility to their private coachmen.
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