The movie is a horse and rabbit stew of bad acting and great music.
horse and rabbit stew
idiomA mixture of the crude and the delicate in grossly unequal quantities, with the crude overwhelmingly dominant.
The architect's design was a horse and rabbit stew, combining cheap plastic materials with a few expensive, hand-carved marble statues.
The novel is a horse and rabbit stew, where profound philosophical insights are buried beneath pages of clumsy, amateurish dialogue.
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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charley horse
A muscle cramp, usually a strong one, in the thigh, leg, arm, or core.
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close the stable door after the horse has bolted
To attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).
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dark horse
Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.
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enough to choke a horse
An excessive quantity.
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flog a dead horse
To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.
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get back on the horse
To return to an activity after a period of abstaining from the activity.
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get back on the horse that bucked one
To return to something that previously caused harm.