gift horse

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Noun1.gift horse - a gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncriticallygift horse - a gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically; "it wasn't much, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth"
gift - something acquired without compensation
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Given that drinks made up 40% of profit at the Udny event, can Aberdeenshire Council really afford to look a gift horse in the mouth in these cash-strapped times?
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But Robertson is adamant Rangers' loss will be another club's gain and insists they have looked a gift horse in the mouth.
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As for Keira Knightley, far right, hard as it might be to look a Karl Lagerfeld-shaped gift horse in the mouth.
dressed in the dark
left her looking As for Keira Knightley, far right, hard as it might be to look a Karl Lagerfeld-shaped gift horse in the mouth.
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But have you heard the expression "don't look a gift horse in the mouth"?
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