English Explanatory Dictionary

you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.

Word forms

you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink you can lead horses to water, but you can't make them drink you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make her drink

Related words

there are none so blind as those who will not see
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