English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #284 [color=blue]“English Slang Idioms (6)”, question 2
After telling his grandmother that he wished she had bought him two Super Nintendo games instead of one, his parents said that he shouldn’t look a gift horse in the ….
(a) shoes
(b) hocks
(c) eyes
(d) mouth
English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #284 [color=blue]“English Slang Idioms (6)”, answer 2
After telling his grandmother that he wished she had bought him two Super Nintendo games instead of one, his parents said that he shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Correct answer: (d) mouth
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Expression:" to look a gift horse in the mouth"
It means: to be ungrateful to somebody who gives you something; or to treat anybody who gives you a gift badly.
Proverb: "Never look a gift horse in the mouth. "