Alternativa stavningar

ÖversättningKontext
Substantiv
1.apostlahästaridiom, amerikansk engelska

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (US, idiomatic) One's own legs used for walking; to "travel by shanks' mare" or "ride on shanks' mare" is to walk to your destination.

Exempel

  • Once they take to Shanks' mare, they are all equal
  • A public exhibition of the velocipede [a predecessor of the bicycle] ... will never come into general use in competition with Shank's mare.
  • The last thing we'd want to be seen doing...is using shanks mare, even though the day is holding up well.

Böjningsformer

Pluralshanks' mares