"Hold your horses", sometimes said as "Hold the horses", is a common idiom to mean "hold on" or wait, which is believed to have originated in the United States of America in the 19th century and is historically related to horse riding, or driving a horse-drawn vehicle.
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Famous quotes containing the words hold and/or horses:
“Shallow. Doth she hold her own well?
Falstaff. Old, old, Master Shallow.
Shallow. Nay, she must be old, she cannot choose but be old,
certain she’s old.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.”
—William Penn (1644–1718)