• cryshlee@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    This is the second time this week I’ve ever heard this phrase in my entire life. I feel like I know what it means but I’m afraid to ask

    • Cabrio@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s a horse riding addage, a horse ridden hard gets dirty and messy, put away wet means it doesn’t get cleaned. Basically a dirty worn old looking horse.