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don't look a gift horse in the mouth

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Although uncertain, the origin can be traced even further to St. Jerome's Latin translation equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, from the Letter to the Ephesians, circa AD 400.

Proverb

don't look a gift horse in the mouth

  1. Do not unappreciatively question a gift or handout too closely.

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  • Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 69.