"Rode hard and hung up wet"
Lee Jones
In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
places, and never prior to that.
In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
out, etc.
Can anybody help with the origin?
Regards, Lee
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Jim Lewis
Lee Jones <le...@diver.asd.sgi.com> wrote in article
> In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
> places, and never prior to that.
>
> In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
> out, etc.
>
> Can anybody help with the origin?
>
I've never heard the phrase, but would bet it originates on the horse track
or polo field. It could refer to a jockey's colors (shirt), or to the
horse's saddle pad.
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alan auerbach F
It's usually "rode hard and put away wet."
Cowboy allusion to overusing and undergrooming the horse.
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Kara Larson
Lee Jones wrote:
>
> In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
> places, and never prior to that.
>
> In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
> out, etc.
>
> Can anybody help with the origin?
Hmmmmm. The version I'm familiar with is "rode hard and put up wet," and
refers to a horse that's been used hard and badly treated, ie, ridden
into a lather and stabled without appropriate care.
Kara
Mike Dana
Lee Jones wrote:
>
> In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
> places, and never prior to that.
>
> In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
> out, etc.
>
> Can anybody help with the origin?
>
Actually, it's "Rode hard and put away wet"; a sure-fire way to shorten
your horse's life (risk of pneumonia and other "fun" respiratory
disorders) as well as making the poor beast miserable after having given
good service. The "complete" idiom would be: "You look like you've
been rode hard and put away wet".
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In article <5hpqkd$d...@fido.asd.sgi.com>, le...@diver.asd.sgi.com (Lee Jones) writes:
> In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
> places, and never prior to that.
>
> In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
> out, etc.
>
> Can anybody help with the origin?
>
> --
> Lee Jones | "Let me tell you 'bout a man I knew
> le...@sgi.com | Rode the breadth and the depth of China..."
> 415-933-3356 | -Paul Kantner
It comes from our heritage in the West. A horse must be walked
slowly around before being put to stable after a long or hard ride (one that
made the horse sweat.) The implication is, if you've been "put up wet",
that you've been badly mistreated, especially after much exertion.
--Tony
Martin A. Mazur
In article <334116...@boeing.com>, Mike Dana <mike...@boeing.com> wrote:
>Lee Jones wrote:
>>
>> In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
>> places, and never prior to that.
>>
>> In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
>> out, etc.
>>
>> Can anybody help with the origin?
>>
>
>your horse's life (risk of pneumonia and other "fun" respiratory
>disorders) as well as making the poor beast miserable after having given
>good service. The "complete" idiom would be: "You look like you've
>been rode hard and put away wet".
>
guy had lots of fun, but made his excuses before breakfast.
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JCDill
dh1...@nyssa.swt.edu (Northanger Abbey) mentions:
>In article <5hpqkd$d...@fido.asd.sgi.com>, le...@diver.asd.sgi.com (Lee Jones) writes:
>> In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
>> places, and never prior to that.
>>
>> In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
>> out, etc.
>>
>> Can anybody help with the origin?
>>
>> Regards, Lee
>> --
>> Lee Jones | "Let me tell you 'bout a man I knew
>> le...@sgi.com | Rode the breadth and the depth of China..."
>> 415-933-3356 | -Paul Kantner
>
>
>It comes from our heritage in the West.
bzzzttt
Sorry, it long pre-dates horses "in the West".
Black Beauty was "rode hard and put up wet" when ridden to get the
doctor and then ridden back by the doctor to save the mistress. The
phrase had certainly been in long use at that time. Horses, and their
care, were of primary importance for centuries prior to the
introduction of horses "in the West".
It is a bad thing to ride a horse hard, to the point that it is
soaking with sweat (wet) and then simply dump said horse in a stall.
It can get deathly sick by drinking too much water at once (colic), it
can get equally ill from muscle waste not being properly drawn out
into the blood and to the kidneys (auzotoria). To properly care for a
hot sweating horse, you place a cooler over the horse so that the
evaporating sweat doesn't chill the animal, and walk the horse,
allowing small drinks of water every few minutes, until it is dry, has
a normal body temperature (we say till it is "cool" as opposed to
"hot"), and has its thirst quenched. This will take from ten minutes
to over an hour, depending on the fitness and level of exertion.
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Dean Tiegs
le...@diver.asd.sgi.com (Lee Jones) wrote:
>In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
>places, and never prior to that.
>In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
>out, etc.
>Can anybody help with the origin?
I think the original phrase was "smells like a horse that's been
ridden hard and put away wet," i.e., without a proper cool-down and
toweling off (or whatever you're supposed to do with a horse: I don't
know much about it).
Dean Tiegs, 53°33' N, 113°28' W, 668 m above sea level
z...@startext.net
On 1 Apr 1997 02:07:09 GMT, le...@diver.asd.sgi.com (Lee Jones) wrote:
>In the past month, I've heard this expression in two completely different
>places, and never prior to that.
>
>In both usages, it referred to a person who looks tired, exhausted, wiped
>out, etc.
>
>Can anybody help with the origin?
>
>Regards, Lee
>--
>Lee Jones | "Let me tell you 'bout a man I knew
>le...@sgi.com | Rode the breadth and the depth of China..."
>415-933-3356 | -Paul Kantner
In Fort Worth, where it is alleged that the West begins, we use the
phrase "Rode hard and put up wet," originally referring to a horse
that has been misused, that is, put through a rough workout and left
sweaty.
Regards,
Gene Zipperlen