辨误：Hold one's horses译成“勒马”本身就不太确切，hold恐怕只是“拉住”(缰绳让马不要走)，此时马还没开始走。“悬崖勒马”的“勒”指勒住正在快跑的马，不能用hold而要用rein in（把放松的马缰绳使劲拉回来勒住）其后接不接horse都可。Rein原是名词，常作复数，指缰绳，“收紧缰绳”也可说gather up one's reins；hold the reins则有“掌握”（政权等）之意。
此成语如今使用时一般已和马或马车无关，例如：We were more than eager to hop on the car and go for the picnic but the teacher asked us to hold our horses and check everything once again.我们都急着要上车去野餐，老师却叫我们不要急，再检查一下所带的东西。
by 陈德彰/教授 来源： 网易社区
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