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GIFT HORSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically
Example:
it wasn't much, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("gift horse" is a kind of...):
gift (something acquired without compensation)