What does the term "rode hard and hung up wet" mean?

Answer 1

Originally referred to a horse that was ill used and badly cared for. Now refers to a female who has "been around the track a couple of times." In others words, a barfly or floozy. Of course this is all slang and refers to a lady of easy or questionable virtue.

Answer 2

It does refer to a horse. I have never heard the expression before, but I've been reading about Lincoln's assassination. John Wilkes Booth rode from the Ford's Theater on a horse a few miles away to a bridge out of Washington. The soldier manning the bridge noticed Booth's horse had been ridden hard and was soaking wet. So, I think the 2 answers about the horse riding hard and being put up for the night without being taken care of properly is right. I also think the current use of it would apply to loose women, as previously stated.
But this way you have an exact example of what the original phrase would mean.

Answer 3

I always associate it with a woman who is very promiscuous. You know the type, they screw everything in town or anything that will give them the time of day, they drink, smoke and just are skank as hell. They are basically worn out white trash with no job or plans for a future. Usually have some horney man hanging on them.
Of course to be rode hard and hung up wet could have other meanings like when someone works hard and are just worn out. You know, the look a person gets when they are just exhausted?

Answer 4

Maybe because theist is pronounced differently to atheist. The atheist makes the ei sound like "e" instead of "a" but I'm not totally confident that that is the reason. Perhaps it is true, as creatrix suggests, that atheists are for some reason better spellers. If it were it would certainly result in atheist being spelt incorrectly more often as atheists use the word theist most often while everyone uses the word atheist.

Answer 5

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What does the term "rode hard and hung up wet" mean?

Answer 6

This is an old western day saying. That you rode your horse hard and he was wet with sweat when he was put up. Not a good thing to do, horses need to be cooled down and the salt from the sweat, brushed off.

Answer 7

Well I've used that saying before to describe my husband when he had come in from work ,his close wet' and dirty, and he looked like he was going to collapse.

Answer 8

Yes, that's a good point

Answer 9

Great discussion, just what I was looking for.

Answer 10

It means you have had a long session of sex and you look knackered.