caballo
adj.
equine, of or like a horse
caballo (m)
n.
horse, large four-legged mammal commonly used for transportation; hack, old horse; dobbin, work horse; drafter; knight; (Mexico) mass of hard rock found while mining
caballo
= horse.
Ex: When Ed Blume was asked at a meeting about LC's failure to have established a heading for rock music for so long, he remarked: 'Today's horse may be tomorrow's carrion'.
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* a caballo = on horseback.
* a caballo entre = astride, midway between.
* a mata caballo = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelter.
* andar a caballo entre ... y = tread + the line between ... and.
* aperos del caballo = horse tack.
* caballo de batalla = uphill struggle, hobby-horse, war horse.
* caballo de batalla medieval = destrier.
* Caballo de Troya = Trojan horse, Trojan Horse.
* carreras de caballos = horse-racing.
* cochecito de caballos = runabout.
* coche de caballos = horse and buggy, buggy, victoria.
* coche sin caballos = horseless carriage automobile, horseless carriage.
* cola de caballo = ponytail.
* criadero de caballos = stud.
* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive.
* estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between, straddle (between).
* estar a caballo entre ... y ... = lie + midway between ... and ..., tread + a fine line between ... and, tread + the thin line between ... and, tread + a delicate line between ... and.
* montar a caballo = horseback riding, horse riding.
* pelo de caballo = horsehair.