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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 78. The proverb today is don't look a
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gift horse in the mouth. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. This proverb
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could also be reworded as ' never look a gift horse in the mouth. ' So don't look a
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gift horse in the mouth or never look a gift horse in the mouth. All right. Let's
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continue. This proverb comes from the idea that it is possible to estimate a
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horse's age by examining its teeth. As a horse gets older more teeth grow in. So
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they actually have more teeth in their mouth and others change shape and move
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forward. Move forward in the mouth. So I guess in the past, it may be somebody you
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know, you're lucky somebody gave you a horse. Remember in the past horses were
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very, very valuable. They were like cars. Remember even during the cowboy days,
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they used to make it like a crime was like hanging for stealing a horse. So in
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the past time, horse was the main transportation. So very valuable. So if
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somebody gave you a horse you should be thankful. Don't start checking it out.
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Don't start looking at its teeth. How old is this horse ? Is this a good horse ? You gave
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me a used horse or something like that. So that's where the idea came from. So if
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you looked a gift horse in the mouth it means you were inspecting it to see how
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old it is , or checking out the quality of the horse. All right. Let's continue. The first
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known sighting of this proverb was written in Latin by Saint Jerome in the
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letter to the Ephesians around 400 AD. Okay, and this is how it went. In Latin
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Noi Equi dentes inspicere donate. Which basically means
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never inspect the teeth of a horse received as a present. So I think the noi
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is never. Equus I know it's horses. dentes of course is teeth. We know anything
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in dente. It always has to do with teeth Inspicere you know,
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this obviously is inspect. Donate donated given. So, so again. Never inspect
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the teeth of a horse received as a present. So it is the same idea today. Like if
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somebody gives you a gift. You know, don't start looking at the gift and
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start checking out the quality. Hey. You gave me this ? So how old is
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this ? Is this used ? Is this is good ? Don't do that. Just take the gift. Say thank you. Oh
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it's very nice. Thank you very much. Don't start inspecting it. So basically
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that's what we mean. Let's look at the first example. If someone gives you an
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unusual or questionable gift , don't ask too many questions about the quality of
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the gift . Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
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So that's basically what we mean. So just if you're questionable about it just
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take the gift just say thank you very much this was very nice of you. Something
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like that. Okay. Anyway I hope you got it. I hope it's
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clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye