2007-02-25 02:38:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
do you mean Hobson choice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice
2007-02-25 02:41:50 · answer #1 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Hobson was a 17th Century carrier, that is he transported goods, and sometimes people, between Cambridge and London. He acquired a considerable fortune and gave much of it to charitable works, such as the Conduit and the Spinning House. The well known phrase "Hobson's Choice" ie no choice at all, is popularly derived from his practice of renting out the next horse in line rather than allowing people to choose. However the phrase was in contemporaneous use in some places as "Hudson's choice" so the story may be an early urban legend.
2007-02-25 02:47:03 · answer #2 · answered by blazing_staruk 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you do mean "Hobson`s Choice". it stems from a farrier (horse shoe maker), who also sold horses. He used to say you can have any horse in the barn as long as its the first on the right. That became known as Hobson`s Choice, meaning no choice at all.
2007-02-25 02:46:15 · answer #3 · answered by hbk13 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean hobsons choice which means no choice at all
it derives from Tobias Hobson who was a stable manager who insisted customers take the horse nearest the door or no horse at all ...hence Hobsons choice
2007-02-25 02:53:06 · answer #4 · answered by cowpattice 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you mean 'hobsons choice' it refers to a horse shoe maker, and if they have a horse shoe makers choice, they really dont have any choice at all. so therefore, hobsons choice means you dont have a choice. i havent heard of hudsons choice though.
2007-02-25 02:51:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've only heard of Hobson's choice and that means you have no choice at all.
2007-02-25 02:42:07 · answer #6 · answered by brainlady 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hobson's Choice = take it or leave it.
2007-02-25 02:49:14 · answer #7 · answered by DogDoc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋