He never makes any silly mistakes because he's got too much horse sense

[Englishlearner]

He never makes any silly mistakes because he's got too much horse sense. (*) common sense (*) nonsense (*) absolute sense (*) full sense

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[Torsten]

Interestingly enough, the German equivalent to ‘horse sense’ is “gesunder Menschenverstand” .