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back on the horse

Date: Dec 29 2005

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“[Ben Affleck] got back on the horse, but I’ve just been running around working.”

Matt Damon, talking about getting back into writing movies instead of only acting in them.

Definition

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try again or keep trying to do something

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Have you ever tried to do something and failed? Maybe you tried to make a delicious meal but it didn’t turn out right. Maybe you spent years writing a book and then just gave up because you didn’t think it was any good. Well, you need to get back on the horse and try again.

To get back on the horse means to try again at doing something.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were old friends living in Boston. They were trying to become actors, but they couldn’t get a break. So, they decided to write their own movie, Good Will Hunting. The movie was a huge success, and the two actors became very famous.

Matt thinks of himself as a writer, but he’s been so busy acting in new movies that he hasn’t had time to get back on the horse and try writing again.

Examples

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“My first song was a failure, but I got back on the horse and recorded another one.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

	return to former work. do successfully in your job. be successful. by hossein99
	It could mean"get around to do something you used to do but for some reason just quit doing" or "get youself on the right track". Ben've been adapting a novel and is gonna direct it(rather than being directed by director),so Matt noted he's doing the things he did for his last brainchild-" goodwill hunting". by malegal
	restart doing something by didoflower
	go back to do what he did in the past after stop doing them for a long time by steflorence
	get back on the horse= get back to work by Zunnich
	well I think it means getting back to the same main job or activity that i started with.. by handinhand