willing horse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He's a very willing horse who always gives 110%.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
Canadair's grizzled, square-jawed president, known as "willing horse" because of his 12-to-18 hour workday.
From Time Magazine Archive
And as I gazed forward and upward, and urged the willing horse into a twelve-mile-an-hour trot, the open space in the heavens revealed the glories of the finest display of fireworks I have ever seen.
From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur
We mustn’t ‘drive a willing horse to death,’ you know.”
From Polly's Business Venture by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
The road was drifted with snow and it was all even a very willing horse could do, to pull a sleigh through them.
From Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun by Hawley, Mabel C.
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