scare the horses

== English == === Etymology === Probably a variation of frighten the horses of similar meaning, as in "Does it really matter what these affectionate people do? — so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses!" === Verb === scare the horses (third-person singular simple present scares the horses, present participle scaring the horses, simple past and past participle scared the horses) To upset public order, decorum, or conventional values.