Wild horses couldn't drag away



Wild horses couldn't drag someone away (from something.)

Prov. Someone is determined to remain with something. Once Elaine starts playing a video game, wild horses can't drag her away from it. Jim was determined to remain fishing at the lake. Wild horses couldn't drag him away from it.
See also: away, drag, horse, wild

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VilÉM-Czech
Mazin-Arabic
CymbelineSIM-bə-leen (English)Literature
Horacioo-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Xiu-Chinese
Diodorus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)