Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you can lead a horse to water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: you -can lead- a horse -to wa-ter
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

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

Questions

What does you can lead a horse to water mean?: Ellipsis of you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

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