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Where did the phrase 'trying to get your goat?
It means to make one angry. It has been said that it comes from horse racing. Racing horses are high strung and skittish. They often have a goat as a companion to relax them. It is said that if the goat was stolen, the horse would do poorly in the race. "We got your goat!" But this is not been proven to be true. It seems to come from American slang about 1904.
Are goats considered a mini horse?
No, a goat is a goat not a dog nor a stoat and a horse is a horse ...of course.
What is the goat capital of the world?
There is no place known as the goat capital of the world, although Tobago is known as the goat racing capital of the world, as goat racing originated there. Mill County in Texas is referred to as the meat goat capital of the U.S. Goats outnumber people in Mills County.
Can you keep a horse and a goat in the same field?
Of course! You can keep a horse and a goat in the same field. It is common to use a goat as a companion animal for horses as long as the goat does not have horns.
How do you tell if a goat is in foal?
You can't cos a goat is not a horse!
Does a goat calm a horse?
No a goat doesn't calm a horse, because when a goat gets scared, it plops on the ground pretending to faint for the figure to go away. That can't possibly calm a horse!
What type of animal was seabiscuit?
Seabiscuit, like many Thoroughbreds, could be tempermental and/or highstrung. They first tried Whiskers the goat, which ended badly for the goat. He had to be removed for his safety. But the Biscuit had other four legged friends. Several dogs, another older horse named Pumpkin, and a spider monkey (the monkey had two legs).
What is the etymology of the idiomatic expression to get your goat?
I believe the expression 'to get your goat' has it's origins in horse racing.Race horses are very high-strung animals. Goats are often used as companion animals, to keep a horse calm.Someone wanting to fix a race would slip into the barn the night before the race, steal the goat, then an upset, distracted horse would run a bad race.Hence, if you are upset and not at your best, it is said that 'someone has gotten your goat.'Further, this cliche has been replaced by the modern slang idiom, " push your buttons ", meaning successfully annoying you or even angering you. Not as colourful imagery as the original expression, but much easier to understand for people in a modern technological society.Other Opinions:I disagree. I think this expression comes from the use of a goat as bait for big game hunters. For instance, if the tiger" gets your goat", and you don't bag a tiger, you've got one ticked off hunter on your hands. Most horse people I know keep a donkey as a stablemate for skittish horses.The racehorse story is correct. It's possible that there are two separate origins for the same term, but in the USA, where there are no tigers, the goat was used as a companion for the high-strung racehorse, and if someone got his goat, the horse would run a bad race. Or it might backfire and the horse runs faster than ever. But that's the American origin of "get your goat," and Brewers Origins of Phrase and Fable classifies this as an "Americanism," so that casts the tiger story into great doubt.
Which one is out of list cow goat sheep horse?
horse
Origins of cornucopia?
Greek mythology. A Cornucopia was the horn of the goat Amalthea. Amalthea was the nanny goat who suckled the God Zeus.
Goat is to Billy as horse is to what?
Stallion.
What can stop a goat from eating a horses tail?
Unfortunately, not much. Once the goat has decided that its fun to eat the horse's tail all you can do is wrap the tail or separate horse and goat.
