"Never look a gift horse in the mouth" - Who knows what this means and who doesn't?

I actually had to look it up, so I wanted to take a poll. (it means to accept a gift gratefully - you can tell a horse's age by looking at its teeth - but if you get a free horse, and inspect its teeth, that would mean you were ungrateful).





I'm trying to figure out - if this phrase was used in a movie, would everyone get what it means? Thanks!!

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth" - Who knows what this means and who doesn't?
I do, but I can't tell you who doesn't
Reply:I know you consider my answer rude, Dominique, but yours was about the sixth poorly phrased question I had read in a row that day. I just think we can do better. If we have any kind of intelligence and education, we can write a question that clearly seeks a useful answer. Report It

Reply:Ya, I know this phrase. It's quite common, I would think that most people age 20+ would have heard it once or twice at least.
Reply:Yes, I think you could safely use it in a movie and assume that most of the viewers would get what it means, as long as you show it in a country where that idiom exists. It's a pretty common idiom.
Reply:that means you should grateful for the gift that someone gave you. it will upset the person who gives you gift. if you don't like their gift, you should grateful them
Reply:I believe that most people that were born earlier than 1970 would know what it means.
Reply:I was aware of what it meant. I'm not sure how I knew though, although it is a somewhat common phrase I have no recollection of how I learnt it's meaning.


I think if the phrase was used in a movie most people would understand what was meant, ie not be ungrateful of a gift, but perhaps not as many would be aware of the origins of the saying,