Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: you -can lead- a horse -to wa-ter, but y-ou -can't -make it -drink
IPA

74

Scrabble Score

44

Letters

9

Syllables

18

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.

Inflected Forms

you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink (alternative) you can lead horses to water, but you can't make them drink (alternative) you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make her drink (alternative)

Phrases

there are none so blind as those who will not see

Frequently Paired Words

there are none so blind as those who will not see

Questions

What does you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink mean?: You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.

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