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DropItLow

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What does look a gift horse in the mouth mean?

Someone said that on tv last night... what is that where does it come from?

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When buying a horse one of the things you do is check its teeth as they are indicators of its overall condition. So the phrase means since someone is giving you something don't question it too much and look for faults in the gift.

 
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So is that like being ungratful?

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